vulpecula

See also: Vulpecula

Latin

Alternative forms

  • volpēcula

Etymology

From vulpēs (fox) + -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /wulˈpeː.ku.la/, [wʊɫˈpeː.kʊ.ɫa]

Noun

vulpēcula f (genitive vulpēculae); first declension

  1. diminutive of vūlpes (fox)
  2. A little fox

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vulpēcula vulpēculae
Genitive vulpēculae vulpēculārum
Dative vulpēculae vulpēculīs
Accusative vulpēculam vulpēculās
Ablative vulpēculā vulpēculīs
Vocative vulpēcula vulpēculae

See also

Descendants

  • Old French: golpil, vorpil, volpil
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: vulpeya
  • Old Portuguese: golpella
  • Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: volpell, volpitz
    • Occitan: volpìlh
  • Old Spanish: vulpeja, golpeja, gulpeja

References

  • vulpecula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vulpecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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