serviculus

Latin

Etymology

From servus (“slave”) +‎ -culus (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛrˈwɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [serˈviː.ku.lus]

Adjective

serviculus (feminine servicula, neuter serviculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. a little slave

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	serviculus	servicula	serviculum		serviculī	serviculae	servicula
genitive	serviculī	serviculae	serviculī		serviculōrum	serviculārum	serviculōrum
dative	serviculō	serviculae	serviculō		serviculīs
accusative	serviculum	serviculam	serviculum		serviculōs	serviculās	servicula
ablative	serviculō	serviculā	serviculō		serviculīs
vocative	servicule	servicula	serviculum		serviculī	serviculae	servicula

Synonyms

• servulus

References

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