porcellus

Latin

Etymology

From porcus (“pig”) +‎ -lus.

Noun

porcellus m (genitive porcellī); second declension

(Late Latin) piglet

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	porcellus	porcellī
Genitive	porcellī	porcellōrum
Dative	porcellō	porcellīs
Accusative	porcellum	porcellōs
Ablative	porcellō	porcellīs
Vocative	porcelle	porcellī

Derived terms

porcella

Related terms

porcus

Descendants

Aromanian: purtsel
Catalan: porcell
- → Spanish: porcel
Emilian: purzèl
French: pourceau
Italian: porcello
Ladin: porcel
Occitan: porcèl

Romanian: purcel
Romansch: purschè, purschel
Sardinian: porcedhu, porchedhu, portzedhu, procedhu, purchedhu
Sicilian: purceddu
Venetian: porseƚo, porselo, porsèl, porzèl
Walloon: pourcea
→ Welsh: porchell

References

porcellus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
porcellus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
porcellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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