grandiculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *grandis

Latin grandis

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin grandiculus

From grandis (“large”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡranˈdɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡranˈdiː.ku.lus]

Adjective

grandiculus (feminine grandicula, neuter grandiculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of grandis: rather large, of moderate size

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	grandiculus	grandicula	grandiculum		grandiculī	grandiculae	grandicula
genitive	grandiculī	grandiculae	grandiculī		grandiculōrum	grandiculārum	grandiculōrum
dative	grandiculō	grandiculae	grandiculō		grandiculīs
accusative	grandiculum	grandiculam	grandiculum		grandiculōs	grandiculās	grandicula
ablative	grandiculō	grandiculā	grandiculō		grandiculīs
vocative	grandicule	grandicula	grandiculum		grandiculī	grandiculae	grandicula

References

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