punctiuncula

Latin

Etymology

From pūnctiō (“puncture, pricking”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /puːnk.tiˈun.ku.la/, [puːŋkt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]

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

Noun

pūnctiuncula f (genitive pūnctiunculae); first declension

Diminutive of pūnctiō: a slight pricking, a pricking pain

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pūnctiuncula	pūnctiunculae
Genitive	pūnctiunculae	pūnctiunculārum
Dative	pūnctiunculae	pūnctiunculīs
Accusative	pūnctiunculam	pūnctiunculās
Ablative	pūnctiunculā	pūnctiunculīs
Vocative	pūnctiuncula	pūnctiunculae

References

“punctiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
punctiuncula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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