corpusculum

== Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive of corpus (“body”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔrˈpʊs.kʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [korˈpus.ku.lum] === Noun === corpusculum n (genitive corpusculī); second declension a particle, especially an atom. a term of endearment. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== English: corpuscle French: corpuscule Italian: corpuscolo Portuguese: corpúsculo Romanian: corpuscul Russian: корпу́скула (korpúskula) Spanish: corpúsculo === References === “corpusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “corpusculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “corpusculum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. corpusculum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016