vulpecula

See also: Vulpecula

Latin

Alternative forms

volpēcula

Etymology

From vulpēs (“fox”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wʊɫˈpeː.kʊ.ɫa]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vulˈpɛː.ku.la]

Noun

vulpēcula f (genitive vulpēculae); first declension

diminutive of vulpēs (“fox”)
A little fox

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vulpēcula	vulpēculae
genitive	vulpēculae	vulpēculārum
dative	vulpēculae	vulpēculīs
accusative	vulpēculam	vulpēculās
ablative	vulpēculā	vulpēculīs
vocative	vulpēcula	vulpēculae

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: volpiglio
- Sicilian: vurpigghiuni
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: gouorpely
- Catalan: volpell, volpitz
- Occitan: volpìlh
- Old French: golpil, vorpil, volpil
  - French: goupil
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: vulpeya
- Old Galician-Portuguese: golpella
  - Galician: golpella
  - Portuguese: golpelha
- Old Spanish: vulpeja, golpeja, gulpeja
  - Spanish: vulpeja

See also

References

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