See also: Vulpecula Latin Alternative forms volpēcula Etymology From vulpēs (“fox”) + -cula (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯ulˈpeː.ku.la/, [u̯ʊɫ̪ˈpeːkʊɫ̪ä] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vulˈpe.ku.la/, [vulˈpɛːkulä] Noun vulpēcula f (genitive vulpēculae); first declension diminutive of vulpēs (“fox”) A little fox Declension First-declension noun.More information singular, plural ... singular plural nominative vulpēcula vulpēculae genitive vulpēculae vulpēculārum dative vulpēculae vulpēculīs accusative vulpēculam vulpēculās ablative vulpēculā vulpēculīs vocative vulpēcula vulpēculae Close Descendants Franco-Provençal: gouorpely Old French: golpil, vorpil, volpil French: goupil, goupille Old Leonese: Asturian: vulpeya Old Galician-Portuguese: golpella Galician: golpella Portuguese: golpelha Old Occitan: Catalan: volpell, volpitz Occitan: volpìlh Old Spanish: vulpeja, golpeja, gulpeja Spanish: vulpeja See also vulpēs vulpīnus References “vulpecula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press vulpecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.