pumilus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-, the same root of puer (“child”) and pūpus (“puppet”)[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.mi.lus/, [ˈpuː.mɪ.ɫʊs]

Noun

pūmilus m (genitive pūmilī); second declension

  1. dwarf

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pūmilus pūmilī
Genitive pūmilī pūmilōrum
Dative pūmilō pūmilīs
Accusative pūmilum pūmilōs
Ablative pūmilō pūmilīs
Vocative pūmile pūmilī

Synonyms

Adjective

pūmilus (feminine pūmila, neuter pūmilum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. dwarf (especially as a taxonomic epithet)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pūmilus pūmila pūmilum pūmilī pūmilae pūmila
Genitive pūmilī pūmilae pūmilī pūmilōrum pūmilārum pūmilōrum
Dative pūmilō pūmilō pūmilīs
Accusative pūmilum pūmilam pūmilum pūmilōs pūmilās pūmila
Ablative pūmilō pūmilā pūmilō pūmilīs
Vocative pūmile pūmila pūmilum pūmilī pūmilae pūmila

Usage notes
  • Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally inflected except in the nominative singular.

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References
  • pumilus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pumilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “pumilus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 389
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