digitulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of digitus (“finger, toe”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈɡi.tu.lus/, [dɪˈɡɪ.tʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

digitulus m (genitive digitulī); second declension

  1. a small finger
  2. (by extension) a bird's toe

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative digitulus digitulī
Genitive digitulī digitulōrum
Dative digitulō digitulīs
Accusative digitulum digitulōs
Ablative digitulō digitulīs
Vocative digitule digitulī

References
  • digitulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • digitulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • digitulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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