-culussuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Etymology: < classical Latin -culus (masculine singular), suffix forming diminutives from nouns in -o , -onis and -o , -inis , an extended form of -ulus suffix: see -cula suffix (feminine singular) and -culum suffix (neuter singular). In classical Latin, further enlarged to -unculus (see -uncle suffix). Represented in forms derived < French by -cule suffix.

Diminutive suffix representing that of nouns in classical Latin, e.g. articulus n., and modern Latin, e.g. lienculus n., borrowed between the second half of the 16th cent. and the end of the 19th cent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	-culus
释义	-culussuffix Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Etymology: < classical Latin -culus (masculine singular), suffix forming diminutives from nouns in -o , -onis and -o , -inis , an extended form of -ulus suffix: see -cula suffix (feminine singular) and -culum suffix (neuter singular). In classical Latin, further enlarged to -unculus (see -uncle suffix). Represented in forms derived < French by -cule suffix. Diminutive suffix representing that of nouns in classical Latin, e.g. articulus n., and modern Latin, e.g. lienculus n., borrowed between the second half of the 16th cent. and the end of the 19th cent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < suffix
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