lenunculus

Latin

Etymology 1

Apparently an alteration of *lembunculus, a diminutive of lembus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lēnunculus m (genitive lēnunculī); second declension

1. A skiff, bark; a small sailing vessel.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lēnunculus	lēnunculī
genitive	lēnunculī	lēnunculōrum
dative	lēnunculō	lēnunculīs
accusative	lēnunculum	lēnunculōs
ablative	lēnunculō	lēnunculīs
vocative	lēnuncule	lēnunculī

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin lēnō

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin lēnunculus

From lēnō + -culus.

Noun

lēnunculus m (genitive lēnunculī); second declension

1. diminutive of lēnō (“a pimp”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lēnunculus	lēnunculī
genitive	lēnunculī	lēnunculōrum
dative	lēnunculō	lēnunculīs
accusative	lēnunculum	lēnunculōs
ablative	lēnunculō	lēnunculīs
vocative	lēnuncule	lēnunculī

References

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