Definify.com
Definition 2024
-unculus
-unculus
See also: unculus
Latin
Suffix
-unculus m (feminine -uncula, neuter -unculum); first/second declension
- Suffix forming diminutive forms of nouns, ultimately an extended form of -lus.
- avus (“grandfather”) → avunculus (“uncle”)
- rāna (“frog”) → rānunculus (“tadpole”)
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | -unculus | -uncula | -unculum | -unculī | -unculae | -uncula | |
| genitive | -unculī | -unculae | -unculī | -unculōrum | -unculārum | -unculōrum | |
| dative | -unculō | -unculō | -unculīs | ||||
| accusative | -unculum | -unculam | -unculum | -unculōs | -unculās | -uncula | |
| ablative | -unculō | -unculā | -unculō | -unculīs | |||
| vocative | -uncule | -uncula | -unculum | -unculī | -unculae | -uncula | |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-unculus'>Latin words suffixed with -unculus</a>
References
- “-unculus” on page 2090/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)