porculus

== Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive from porcus (“pig”) +‎ -ulus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔr.ku.lus] === Noun === porculus m (genitive porculī); second declension (diminutive of porcus) piglet; a little pig. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== porcus ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Helophorus porculus, Uromys porculus === References === “porculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “porculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.