munusculum

Latin

Etymology

From mūnus (“service, favor, gift”) +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /muːˈnus.ku.lum/, [muːˈnʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /muˈnus.ku.lum/, [muˈnuskulum]

Noun

mūnusculum n (genitive mūnusculī); second declension

Diminutive of mūnus: small present, service or favour

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mūnusculum	mūnuscula
Genitive	mūnusculī	mūnusculōrum
Dative	mūnusculō	mūnusculīs
Accusative	mūnusculum	mūnuscula
Ablative	mūnusculō	mūnusculīs
Vocative	mūnusculum	mūnuscula

References

“munusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“munusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
munusculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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