pullicenus

Latin

Etymology

From pullus (“chick, chicken”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pul.liˈkeː.nus/, [pʊlːʲɪˈkeːnʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pul.liˈt͡ʃe.nus/, [pulːiˈt͡ʃɛːnus]

Noun

pullicēnus m (genitive pullicēnī); second declension

a chick, chicken

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pullicēnus	pullicēnī
Genitive	pullicēnī	pullicēnōrum
Dative	pullicēnō	pullicēnīs
Accusative	pullicēnum	pullicēnōs
Ablative	pullicēnō	pullicēnīs
Vocative	pullicēne	pullicēnī

Descendants

French: poussin
Italian: pulcino
Sicilian: puḍḍicinu

References

“pullicenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pullicenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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