opiniuncula

Latin

Etymology

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Latin opīnor

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Latin -iō

Latin opīniō

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -cula

Latin opīniuncula

From opīniō (opinion) + -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔ.piː.niˈʊŋ.kʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.pi.niˈuŋ.ku.la]

Noun

opīniuncula f (genitive opīniunculae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a slight opinion, weak opinion
   • 1699, Cornelius à Lapide, Commentaria in Sacram Scripturam‎^[1], I. Nagar, published 1859, page 693:

     si profutura ea tibimet, vel tenui opiniuncula iudicar-
     es

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	opīniuncula	opīniunculae
genitive	opīniunculae	opīniunculārum
dative	opīniunculae	opīniunculīs
accusative	opīniunculam	opīniunculās
ablative	opīniunculā	opīniunculīs
vocative	opīniuncula	opīniunculae

References

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