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noun · masculinesecond declension

sīphunculus

sīphunculus m (genitive sīphunculī)

Meaning

  1. a little tube or pipe

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesīphunculussīphunculī
sīpunculī
genitivesīphunculī
sīpunculī		sīphunculōrum
sīpunculōrum
dativesīphunculō
sīpunculō		sīphunculīs
sīpunculīs
accusativesīphunculum
sīpunculum		sīphunculōs
sīpunculōs
ablativesīphunculō
sīpunculō		sīphunculīs
sīpunculīs
vocativesīphuncule
sīpuncule		sīphunculī
sīpunculī

sīphuncŭlus, i, m. dim. sipho,
I. a little pipe from which water springs forth, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 23; 5, 6, 36.—Also written without the aspirate, sīpuncŭlus, Fronto, Or. 1 med.

Origins

From sīphō + -culus, from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.

Descendants
  • Englishsiphunculus
  • Englishsiphuncule
  • TranslingualSipunculus
  • TranslingualSipuncula

Quick answers

What does sīphunculus mean in Latin?
sīphunculus, a noun, means “a little tube or pipe”.
What is the genitive of sīphunculus?
The genitive singular is sīphunculī. sīphunculus is masculine, second declension.