interrogatiuncula

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin rogō

Latin interrogō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin interrogātiō

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -cula

Latin interrogātiuncula

From interrogātiō (“interrogation; syllogism”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛr.rɔ.ɡaː.tiˈʊŋ.kʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.ter.ro.ɡat.t͡siˈuŋ.ku.la]

Noun

interrogātiuncula f (genitive interrogātiunculae); first declension

1. A short or insignificant question.
2. A short or insignificant argument or syllogism.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	interrogātiuncula	interrogātiunculae
genitive	interrogātiunculae	interrogātiunculārum
dative	interrogātiunculae	interrogātiunculīs
accusative	interrogātiunculam	interrogātiunculās
ablative	interrogātiunculā	interrogātiunculīs
vocative	interrogātiuncula	interrogātiunculae

Related terms

• interrogāmentum
• interroganter
• interrogātiō
• interrogātīvē
• interrogātīvus
• interrogātor
• interrogātōrius
• interrogō

References

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