portiuncula

Latin

Etymology

From portiō (“piece, portion, allotment”) +‎ -cula (diminutive-forming suffix).

Noun

portiuncula f (genitive portiunculae); first declension

  1. Diminutive of portio (“part, portion”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative portiuncula portiunculae
Genitive portiunculae portiunculārum
Dative portiunculae portiunculīs
Accusative portiunculam portiunculās
Ablative portiunculā portiunculīs
Vocative portiuncula portiunculae

Descendants
  • Italian: Porziuncola

References
  • “portiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • portiuncula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • portiuncula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • portiuncula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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