pomusculum

Latin

Etymology

From pōmum (“fruit”) +‎ -usculus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

pōmusculum n (genitive pōmusculī); second declension

  1. diminutive of pōmum (“fruit”)
    • c. 6th century CE, Anthologia Latina 171 (Riese) or 160 (later editors).3:
      Omne genus mali dignum est adsurgere citro,
      Vis cui multa subest corticis et medii.
      Unum quaeque suum referunt pomuscula sucum:
      Ternus ab hoc semper carpitur ore sapor.
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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative pōmusculum pōmuscula
genitive pōmusculī pōmusculōrum
dative pōmusculō pōmusculīs
accusative pōmusculum pōmuscula
ablative pōmusculō pōmusculīs
vocative pōmusculum pōmuscula

References

  • “pomusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pomusculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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