pulchellus

Latin

Alternative forms

• pulcellus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin pulcher

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin pulchellus

From pulcher (“beautiful”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pʊɫˈkʰɛl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pulˈkɛl.lus]

Adjective

pulchellus (feminine pulchella, neuter pulchellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of pulcher (“beautiful”): beautiful little

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pulchellus	pulchella	pulchellum		pulchellī	pulchellae	pulchella
genitive	pulchellī	pulchellae	pulchellī		pulchellōrum	pulchellārum	pulchellōrum
dative	pulchellō	pulchellae	pulchellō		pulchellīs
accusative	pulchellum	pulchellam	pulchellum		pulchellōs	pulchellās	pulchella
ablative	pulchellō	pulchellā	pulchellō		pulchellīs
vocative	pulchelle	pulchella	pulchellum		pulchellī	pulchellae	pulchella

Related terms

• pulcher
• pulchrē
• pulchrēscō
• pulchritūdō

References

• “pulchellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pulchellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pulchellus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pulchellus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray