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maiusculus

maiusculus

Latin

Adjective

māiusculus m ‎(feminine māiuscula, neuter māiusculum); first/second declension

somewhat greater, larger or older

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	māiusculus	māiuscula	māiusculum		māiusculī	māiusculae	māiuscula
genitive	māiusculī	māiusculae	māiusculī		māiusculōrum	māiusculārum	māiusculōrum
dative	māiusculō	māiusculae	māiusculō		māiusculīs
accusative	māiusculum	māiusculam	māiusculum		māiusculōs	māiusculās	māiuscula
ablative	māiusculō	māiusculā	māiusculō		māiusculīs
vocative	māiuscule	māiuscula	māiusculum		māiusculī	māiusculae	māiuscula

Descendants

French: majuscule
- English: majuscule, maiuscule
Portuguese: maiúsculo

References

maiusculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
maiusculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers