oratiuncula

Latin

Etymology

From ōrātiō (“speech”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /oː.raː.tiˈun.ku.la/, [oːräːt̪iˈʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.rat.t͡siˈun.ku.la/, [orät̪ː͡s̪iˈuŋkulä]

Noun

ōrātiuncula f (genitive ōrātiunculae); first declension

a little speech, a few remarks

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōrātiuncula	ōrātiunculae
Genitive	ōrātiunculae	ōrātiunculārum
Dative	ōrātiunculae	ōrātiunculīs
Accusative	ōrātiunculam	ōrātiunculās
Ablative	ōrātiunculā	ōrātiunculīs
Vocative	ōrātiuncula	ōrātiunculae

References

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

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