parvulus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

parvus + -ulus

Pronunciation

Adjective

parvulus (feminine parvula, neuter parvulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Diminutive of parvus
    1. (of size) little, tiny, petty
    2. (of degree, extent, value, importance) slight, unimportant
    3. young, tender of years

Declension

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Noun

parvulus m (genitive parvulī); second declension

  1. little one, infant, child
    Synonyms: ā puerō, ā puerīs, ā tenerīs (unguiculīs), dē tenerō unguī
    ā parvulōfrom infancy, early childhood

Declension

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Descendants

  • Italian: parvolo, pargolo
  • Portuguese: párvulo
  • Spanish: párvulo

References

Further reading

  • parvulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • parvulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • parvulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • from youth up: a puero (is), a parvo (is), a parvulo (is)
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