pedicellus
English
Etymology
From Latin pedīcellus.
Noun
pedicellus
Latin
Etymology 1
From pedīculus (“little foot”) + -lus (diminutive ending), the former itself a diminutive of pēs (“foot”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛ.diːˈkɛl.lʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pe.d̪iˈt͡ʃɛl.lus]
Noun
pedīcellus m (genitive pedīcellī); second declension (New Latin)
- little foot
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pedīcellus | pedīcellī |
| genitive | pedīcellī | pedīcellōrum |
| dative | pedīcellō | pedīcellīs |
| accusative | pedīcellum | pedīcellōs |
| ablative | pedīcellō | pedīcellīs |
| vocative | pedīcelle | pedīcellī |
Descendants
- → English: pedicel
- → French: pédicelle
- → Italian: pedicello (ety. 1)
- → Portuguese: pedicelo
- → Spanish: pedicelo
Etymology 2
From pēdīculus + -lus (diminutive ending), the former itself a diminutive of pēdis (“louse”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [peː.diːˈkɛl.lʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pe.d̪iˈt͡ʃɛl.lus]
Noun
pēdīcellus m (genitive pēdīcellī); second declension (Late Latin)
- a little louse
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pēdīcellus | pēdīcellī |
| genitive | pēdīcellī | pēdīcellōrum |
| dative | pēdīcellō | pēdīcellīs |
| accusative | pēdīcellum | pēdīcellōs |
| ablative | pēdīcellō | pēdīcellīs |
| vocative | pēdīcelle | pēdīcellī |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: pedicello (ety. 2)
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *peducellus
- Balkano-Romance:
- Megleno-Romanian: piduțel
- Romanian: păducel
- Balkano-Romance:
References
- “pedicellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pedicellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.