simiolus

Latin

Etymology

From simius (“ape, monkey”) +‎ -olus (diminutive suffix).

Noun

sīmiolus m (genitive sīmiolī); second declension

1. small ape or monkey (often as a term of abuse)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sīmiolus	sīmiolī
genitive	sīmiolī	sīmiolōrum
dative	sīmiolō	sīmiolīs
accusative	sīmiolum	sīmiolōs
ablative	sīmiolō	sīmiolīs
vocative	sīmiole	sīmiolī

References

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