albulus

Latin

Etymology

From albus (“white”) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bu.lus/, [ˈäɫ̪bʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bu.lus/, [ˈälbulus]

Adjective

albulus (feminine albula, neuter albulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of albus: whitish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	albulus	albula	albulum		albulī	albulae	albula
genitive	albulī	albulae	albulī		albulōrum	albulārum	albulōrum
dative	albulō	albulae	albulō		albulīs
accusative	albulum	albulam	albulum		albulōs	albulās	albula
ablative	albulō	albulā	albulō		albulīs
vocative	albule	albula	albulum		albulī	albulae	albula

Related terms

• albāmentum
• albārium
• albārius
• albātus
• albēdō
• albeō
• albēscō
• albicēris
• albicō
• albidus
• albitūdō
• albor
• albūgō
• album
• albūmen
• alburnum
• albus

Descendants

• Italian: avola, albora

References

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