pumilus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-, the same root of puer (“child”) and pūpus (“puppet”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.mi.lus/, [ˈpuːmɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.mi.lus/, [ˈpuːmilus]

Noun

pūmilus m (genitive pūmilī); second declension

1. dwarf

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūmilus	pūmilī
genitive	pūmilī	pūmilōrum
dative	pūmilō	pūmilīs
accusative	pūmilum	pūmilōs
ablative	pūmilō	pūmilīs
vocative	pūmile	pūmilī

Synonyms

• nānus

Adjective

pūmilus (feminine pūmila, neuter pūmilum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dwarf (especially as a taxonomic epithet)

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pūmilus	pūmila	pūmilum		pūmilī	pūmilae	pūmila
genitive	pūmilī	pūmilae	pūmilī		pūmilōrum	pūmilārum	pūmilōrum
dative	pūmilō	pūmilae	pūmilō		pūmilīs
accusative	pūmilum	pūmilam	pūmilum		pūmilōs	pūmilās	pūmila
ablative	pūmilō	pūmilā	pūmilō		pūmilīs
vocative	pūmile	pūmila	pūmilum		pūmilī	pūmilae	pūmila

Synonyms

• pygmaeus

Derived terms

• pūmiliō
• Bacillus pumilus
• Malus pumila
• Tapeinia pumila

References

• “pumilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pumilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

1. Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “pumilus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 389