vulpecula

See also: Vulpecula

Latin

Alternative forms

volpēcula

Etymology

From vulpēs (“fox”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯ulˈpeː.ku.la/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈpeːkʊɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vulˈpe.ku.la/, [vulˈpɛːkulä]

Noun

vulpēcula f (genitive vulpēculae); first declension

Diminutive of vulpēs (“fox”)
A little fox

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vulpēcula	vulpēculae
Genitive	vulpēculae	vulpēculārum
Dative	vulpēculae	vulpēculīs
Accusative	vulpēculam	vulpēculās
Ablative	vulpēculā	vulpēculīs
Vocative	vulpēcula	vulpēculae

Descendants

Old French: golpil, vorpil, volpil
- French: goupil, goupille
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: vulpeya
Old Galician-Portuguese: golpella
- Galician: golpella
- Portuguese: golpelha
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: volpell, volpitz
- Occitan: volpìlh
Old Spanish: vulpeja, golpeja, gulpeja
- Spanish: vulpeja

See also

References

“vulpecula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
vulpecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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