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The Latin language has a robust diminutive-forming system. There are many diminutive suffixes: those in calculus, axilla, fistula, and areola to start. There is often more than one correct way to form a diminutive, and many more incorrect ones.
The Latin language has a robust diminutive-forming system. There are many diminutive suffixes: those in calculus, axilla, fistula, and areola to start...
Look up diminutive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root...
plants of the genus Tagetes. The genus name Calendula is a modern Latindiminutive of calendae, meaning "little calendar", "little clock" or possibly...
taken from the Greek χλώρος, chlōros/ khlōros, meaning green, and the Latindiminutive suffix ella, meaning small. German biochemist and cell physiologist...
be mistaken for a loose body or osteophyte. The word fabella is a Latindiminutive of faba 'bean'. In humans, it is more common in men than women, older...
Iridaceae. The genus name Gladiolus is the Latindiminutive of gladius, a sword, while the specific Latin name palustris, meaning growing in marshes,...
geminate-pinnate tripinnate The term pinnula (plural: pinnulae) is the Latindiminutive of pinna (plural: pinnae); either as such or in the Anglicised form:...
island's shape, the Italian anguilla, meaning "eel" (in turn, from the Latindiminutive of anguis, "snake") was used as its name. Anguillan tradition holds...
French word is in turn from the Latinized word 'pentaculum' (using the Latindiminutive suffix -culum), which is in turn from the Italian word 'pentacolo'...
frenum /ˈfriːnəm/ (pl.: frenula or frena, from the Latin frēnulum, "little bridle", the diminutive of frēnum) is a small fold of tissue that secures the...
collectively known as the bush quails. The generic name Perdicula is a Modern Latindiminutive of the genus Perdix, and means small partridge. The two genera are...
Calcareous Sponges". Gastrula (literally, "little belly") is a neo-Latindiminutive based on the Ancient Greek γαστήρ gastḗr ("a belly"). Lewis Wolpert...
, not *Михаилушка Mikhailushka). Unlike English, in which the use of diminutive forms is optional even between close friends, in East Slavonic languages...
mouse-deer. In Ancient Greek τράγος (tragos) means a male goat, while the Latindiminutive –ulus means 'tiny'. With a weight of 0.7–8.0 kg (1.5–17.6 lb) and a...
Castellum A castellum in Latin is usually: a small Roman fortlet or tower, a diminutive of castrum ('military camp'), often used as a watchtower or signal...
early 5th century. In Latin, juscellum or juscullum is "a diminutive from jus, broth or pottage", and is also a late Latindiminutive word for "soup". The...
The word spatula derives from the Latin word for a flat piece of wood or splint, a diminutive form of the Latin spatha, meaning 'broadsword', and hence...
cristatella and cited Edwards' work. The specific epithet cristatella is a Latindiminutive of cristatus meaning "crested" or "plumed". The crested myna is now...
2O 4 in the cubic crystal system. Its name comes from the Latin word spinella, a diminutive form of spine, in reference to its pointed crystals. Spinel...
meaning rose and referring to the rose-like smell of the roots, with the Latindiminutive suffix -iola. Dioecy, having separate male and female flowers, has...
family Cyrenidae, the basket clams. The genus name is the Neo-Latindiminutive of Latin corbis, a basket, referring to the shape and ribs of the shell...
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