parvulus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

parvus +‎ -ulus

Pronunciation

Adjective

parvulus (feminine parvula, neuter parvulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Diminutive of parvus
    1. (of size) little, tiny, petty
    2. (of degree, extent, value, importance) slight, unimportant
    3. young, tender of years

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative parvulus parvula parvulum parvulī parvulae parvula
Genitive parvulī parvulae parvulī parvulōrum parvulārum parvulōrum
Dative parvulō parvulō parvulīs
Accusative parvulum parvulam parvulum parvulōs parvulās parvula
Ablative parvulō parvulā parvulō parvulīs
Vocative parvule parvula parvulum parvulī parvulae parvula

Noun

parvulus m (genitive parvulī); second declension

  1. little one, infant, child
    Synonyms: ā puerō, ā puerīs, ā tenerīs (unguiculīs), dē tenerō unguī
    ā parvulō ― from infancy, early childhood

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative parvulus parvulī
Genitive parvulī parvulōrum
Dative parvulō parvulīs
Accusative parvulum parvulōs
Ablative parvulō parvulīs
Vocative parvule parvulī

Descendants
  • Italian: parvolo, pargolo
  • Portuguese: párvulo
  • Spanish: párvulo

References

Further reading
  • “parvulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • parvulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • parvulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • from youth up: a puero (is), a parvo (is), a parvulo (is)
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