lepusculus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of lepus +‎ -culus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leˈpus.ku.lus/, [ɫ̪ɛˈpʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈpus.ku.lus/, [leˈpuskulus]

Noun

lepusculus m (genitive lepusculī); second declension

1. A young hare, leveret

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lepusculus	lepusculī
genitive	lepusculī	lepusculōrum
dative	lepusculō	lepusculīs
accusative	lepusculum	lepusculōs
ablative	lepusculō	lepusculīs
vocative	lepuscule	lepusculī

References

• “lepusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lepusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lepusculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.