aqualiculus

Latin

Etymology

From aquālis (“washbasin”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kʷaːˈli.ku.lus/, [äkʷäːˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kwaˈli.ku.lus/, [äkwäˈliːkulus]

Noun

aquāliculus m (genitive aquāliculī); second declension

(literally) Diminutive of aquālis: small water vessel
(anatomy) stomach, maw
- c. 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium 90
belly, paunch
- c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae 1.57

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aquāliculus	aquāliculī
Genitive	aquāliculī	aquāliculōrum
Dative	aquāliculō	aquāliculīs
Accusative	aquāliculum	aquāliculōs
Ablative	aquāliculō	aquāliculīs
Vocative	aquālicule	aquāliculī

References

“aqualiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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