animalculum

English

Noun

animalculum (plural animalcula)

  1. Synonym of animalcule.
    • 1653, Henry More, “Unavoydable Arguments for Divine Providence Taken from the Accurate Structure of Mans Body, from the Passions of His Mind, and Fitnesse of the Whole Man to be an Inhabiter of the Universe”, in An Antidote against Atheisme, or An Appeal to the Natural Faculties of the Minde of Man, whether There Be Not a God, London: […] Roger Daniel, […], →OCLC, book II, page 94:
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Latin

Etymology

From animal +‎ -culum (diminutive suffix).

Noun

animalculum n (genitive animalculī); second declension

  1. diminutive of animal: animalcule (lowly or tiny animal)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative animalculum animalcula
genitive animalculī animalculōrum
dative animalculō animalculīs
accusative animalculum animalcula
ablative animalculō animalculīs
vocative animalculum animalcula

Descendants

  • Spanish: animálculo
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