noun · masculinesecond declension
centunculus
centunculus m (genitive centunculī)
Meaning
- masculinesmall patchwork
[…]: mulis strata detrahi iubet binisque tantum centunculis relictis agasones partim captivis, partim aegrorum armis ornatos imponit.
[…] : he orders the mules to be stripped off their saddles and, leaving them only some two small pieces of patchwork to be sat on, be mounted with their muleteers carrying weapons taken from either the prisoners or the sick.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7.14 - masculinebindweed, knotweed
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | centunculus | centunculī |
| genitive | centunculī | centunculōrum |
| dative | centunculō | centunculīs |
| accusative | centunculum | centunculōs |
| ablative | centunculō | centunculīs |
| vocative | centuncule | centunculī |
centuncŭlus, i, m. dim. 1. cento.
B. Esp., a partycolored saddle-cloth, Liv. 7, 14, 7 Weissenb. —
II. A plant, bind-weed, knotweed: Polygonum convolvulus, Linn.; Plin. 24, 15, 88, § 138; as fem., id. 26, 11, 66, § 105.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
centunculus ī, m dim.
1 cento, a cloth of many colors, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin centunculus From centō + -culus.
Descendants
- Italiancentonchio