inventiuncula

Latin

Etymology

From inventiō (“invention”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

inventiuncula f (genitive inventiunculae); first declension

  1. (post-Augustan) diminutive of inventiō: trifling invention
    • c. 95 CE, Quintilian, Institutes of Oratory 8.5.22:
      Ad hoc plerique minimis etiam inventiunculis gaudent, quae excussae risum habent
      Moreover, many also take delight in even the smallest inventions, which when revealed provoke laughter

Inflection

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative inventiuncula inventiunculae
genitive inventiunculae inventiunculārum
dative inventiunculae inventiunculīs
accusative inventiunculam inventiunculās
ablative inventiunculā inventiunculīs
vocative inventiuncula inventiunculae

References

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.