noun · femininefirst declension
ōrātiuncula
ōrātiuncula f (genitive ōrātiunculae)
Classical[oː.raː.tiˈʊŋ.kʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[o.rat.t͡siˈuŋ.ku.la]
Meaning
- a little speech, a few remarks
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ōrātiuncula | ōrātiunculae |
| genitive | ōrātiunculae | ōrātiunculārum |
| dative | ōrātiunculae | ōrātiunculīs |
| accusative | ōrātiunculam | ōrātiunculās |
| ablative | ōrātiunculā | ōrātiunculīs |
| vocative | ōrātiuncula | ōrātiunculae |
ōrātĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. oratio,
I. a little speech, a brief oration (class.), Cic. Brut. 19, 77; id. Att. 13, 19, 2; 15, 3, 2; Quint. 4, 3, 17:
aureola, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ōrātiuncula ae, f dim.
oratio, a little speech, few remarks: illa aureola.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin ōrātiuncula From ōrātiō (“speech”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).