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porcellus

porcellus

Latin

Noun

porcellus m ‎(genitive porcellī); second declension

piglet

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	porcellus	porcellī
genitive	porcellī	porcellōrum
dative	porcellō	porcellīs
accusative	porcellum	porcellōs
ablative	porcellō	porcellīs
vocative	porcelle	porcellī

Derived terms

porcella

Related terms

porcus

Descendants

Aromanian: purtsel
French: pourceau
Italian: porcello
Ladin: porcel
Occitan: porcèl
Romanian: purcel

Romansch: purschè, purschel
Sardinian: porcedhu, porchedhu, portzedhu, procedhu, purchedhu
Sicilian: purceddu
Spanish: porcel, porcelo
Venetian: porseƚo, porselo, porsèl, porzèl
Welsh: porchell
Walloon: pourcea

References

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