libacunculus

== Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive from lībum (“pancake”) +‎ -unculus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [liː.baːˈkʊŋ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [li.baˈkuŋ.ku.lus] === Noun === lībācunculus or lībācunculum m or n (genitive lībācunculī); second declension (hapax legomenon) a type of small cake ==== Usage notes ==== This word is a hapax legomenon that occurs only as the ablative singular form libacunculo in Tertullian's De spectaculis (and subsequent sources that quote or reference this passage). Alternative readings are "de lucunculo venenato" (with approximately the same meaning) and "de ranunculo venenato" "from a poisonous frog". ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === === Further reading === “libacunculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “libacunculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.