digitulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of digitus (“finger, toe”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /diˈɡi.tu.lus/, [d̪ɪˈɡɪt̪ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈd͡ʒi.tu.lus/, [d̪iˈd͡ʒiːt̪ulus]

Noun

digitulus m (genitive digitulī); second declension

a small finger
(by extension) a bird's toe

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	digitulus	digitulī
Genitive	digitulī	digitulōrum
Dative	digitulō	digitulīs
Accusative	digitulum	digitulōs
Ablative	digitulō	digitulīs
Vocative	digitule	digitulī

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: digitule

References

“digitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“digitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
digitulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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