sermunculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin sermō, sermōnis

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin sermunculus

From sermō, sermōnis + -culus.

Noun

sermunculus m (genitive sermunculī); second declension (Diminutive of: sermō)

1. rumour
2. tittle-tattle

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sermunculus	sermunculī
genitive	sermunculī	sermunculōrum
dative	sermunculō	sermunculīs
accusative	sermunculum	sermunculōs
ablative	sermunculō	sermunculīs
vocative	sermuncule	sermunculī

References

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