contiuncula

Latin

Etymology

cōntiō (“speech before a public assembly”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /koːn.tiˈun.ku.la/, [koːn̪t̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [kont̪͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

cōntiuncula f (genitive cōntiunculae); first declension

(rare) a short harangue or speech

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōntiuncula	cōntiunculae
Genitive	cōntiunculae	cōntiunculārum
Dative	cōntiunculae	cōntiunculīs
Accusative	cōntiunculam	cōntiunculās
Ablative	cōntiunculā	cōntiunculīs
Vocative	cōntiuncula	cōntiunculae

References

“contiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“contiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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