canticulum

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from canticum (“song or incantation”) +‎ -ulum.

Noun

canticulum n (genitive canticulī); second declension

a sonnet or little song
a short incantation

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	canticulum	canticula
genitive	canticulī	canticulōrum
dative	canticulō	canticulīs
accusative	canticulum	canticula
ablative	canticulō	canticulīs
vocative	canticulum	canticula

Descendants

English: canticle

References

canticulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
canticulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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