LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

pisciculus

pisciculus m (genitive pisciculī)

Meaning

  1. diminutivemasculinediminutive of piscis (“fish”)
  2. masculineminnow
  3. masculinetiddler
  4. masculineIn plural, an early name for Christians, in reference to the waters of baptism, and in allusion to the vesica piscis

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepisciculuspisciculī
genitivepisciculīpisciculōrum
dativepisciculōpisciculīs
accusativepisciculumpisciculōs
ablativepisciculōpisciculīs
vocativepisciculepisciculī

piscĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. piscis,
I. a little fish, Varr. R. R. 3, 5: minuti, Ter. And. 2, 2, 32: parvi, Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123; Vulg. Marc. 8, 7.
Piscĭcŭlus, i, m.,
I. a Roman surname: Junius Pisciculus, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 39.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  2. Proto-Italic*piskis
  3. Latinpisciculus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin pisciculus From piscis (“fish”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Quick answers

What does pisciculus mean in Latin?
pisciculus, a noun, means “diminutive of piscis (“fish”); minnow; tiddler”.
What is the genitive of pisciculus?
The genitive singular is pisciculī. pisciculus is masculine, second declension.
Where does pisciculus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *péysks → Proto-Italic *piskis → Latin pisciculus.