largiusculus

Latin

Etymology

From largior (“larger, more abundant, more copious”, comparative of largus) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lar.ɡiˈus.ku.lus/, [ɫ̪ärɡiˈʊs̠kʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lar.d͡ʒiˈus.ku.lus/, [lärd͡ʒiˈuskulus]

Adjective

largiusculus (feminine largiuscula, neuter largiusculum); first/second-declension adjective

1. rather or fairly more copious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	largiusculus	largiuscula	largiusculum		largiusculī	largiusculae	largiuscula
genitive	largiusculī	largiusculae	largiusculī		largiusculōrum	largiusculārum	largiusculōrum
dative	largiusculō	largiusculae	largiusculō		largiusculīs
accusative	largiusculum	largiusculam	largiusculum		largiusculōs	largiusculās	largiuscula
ablative	largiusculō	largiusculā	largiusculō		largiusculīs
vocative	largiuscule	largiuscula	largiusculum		largiusculī	largiusculae	largiuscula

Related terms

• largē
• largificus
• largifluus
• largiloquus
• largīmentum
• largior
• largitās
• largiter
• largītiō
• largītiōnālis
• largītor
• largitūdō
• largitus
• largus

References

• “largiusculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• largiusculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• largiusculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016