brittunculus

Latin

Etymology

From Brittō (“Briton”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).[1]

Noun

brittunculus m (genitive brittunculī); second declension

  1. (rare, especially in plural) nasty little Briton(s)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative brittunculus brittunculī
genitive brittunculī brittunculōrum
dative brittunculō brittunculīs
accusative brittunculum brittunculōs
ablative brittunculō brittunculīs
vocative brittuncule brittunculī

References

  1. ^ Alan K. Bowman, J. David Thomas (1987) “New Texts from Vindolanda”, in Britannia, volume 18, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 137
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.