captiuncula

Latin

Etymology

captiō (“deception, quibble”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kap.tiˈun.ku.la/, [käpt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kap.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [käpt̪͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

captiuncula f (genitive captiunculae); first declension

a quirk, sophism, fallacy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	captiuncula	captiunculae
Genitive	captiunculae	captiunculārum
Dative	captiunculae	captiunculīs
Accusative	captiunculam	captiunculās
Ablative	captiunculā	captiunculīs
Vocative	captiuncula	captiunculae

References

“captiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“captiuncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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