vulpecula

See also: Vulpecula

Latin

Alternative forms

volpēcula

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /wulˈpeː.ku.la/, [wʊɫˈpeː.kʊ.ɫa]

Noun

vulpēcula f (genitive vulpēculae); first declension

diminutive of vūlpes (“fox”)
A little fox

Declension

First declension.

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

See also

Descendants

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

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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