meretricula

Latin

Etymology

From meretrīx +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /me.reˈtriː.ku.la/, [mɛrɛˈt̪riːkʊɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.reˈtri.ku.la/, [mereˈt̪riːkulä]

Noun

meretrīcula f (genitive meretrīculae); first declension

Diminutive of meretrīx (“a female prostitute or courtesan”).
cute little wench
Synonym: (pejorative) scortillum

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	meretrīcula	meretrīculae
Genitive	meretrīculae	meretrīculārum
Dative	meretrīculae	meretrīculīs
Accusative	meretrīculam	meretrīculās
Ablative	meretrīculā	meretrīculīs
Vocative	meretrīcula	meretrīculae

References

“meretrīcula” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Further reading

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

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