peniculus

== Latin == === Etymology === A diminutive form of pēnis (“a tail”, anatomy “the penis”), formed as pēni(s) +‎ -culus (suffix forming diminutives), so, literally, “a little tail” or "a little penis". === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [peːˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈniː.ku.lus] === Noun === pēniculus m (genitive pēniculī); second declension a brush [for removing dust] (for which ox-tails and horse-tails were used) a sponge (a soft kind used for medical purposes) a painter’s brush or pencil (perhaps, in an ambiguous sense) penis, membrum virile (Medieval Latin) a scourge (kind of whip) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== pēnicillum pēniculāmentum === References === “pēnĭcŭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “peniculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "peniculus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “1 pēnĭcŭlus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,137/1. “peniculus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 783/1, “peniculus”