Latin

Noun

corpusculum n ‎(genitive corpusculī); second declension

1. a particle, especially an atom.
2. used as a term of endearment.

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: corpuscle
• Italian: corpuscolo
• Russian: корпу́скула ‎(korpúskula)

References

• corpusculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• corpusculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “corpusculum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• corpusculum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016