“Latin Diminutives”

Third Declension, N-Stems

A primitive with a stem ending with -n may form a diminutive by changing the vowel immediately before the -n to u (if there is no vowel before the -n, then a u is added immediately before -n), and then adding cul-, cell-, or cill- to the modified stem.

• Diminutive dracunculus (drac-un-cul-us) from primitive dracō (dracōn-)

• Diminutive homunculus (hom-un-cul-us) from primitive homō (stem homin-)

• Diminutive āctiuncula (acti-un-cul-a) from primitive āctiō (āctiōn-)

• Diminutive pectunculus (pect-un-cul-us) from primitive pecten (pectin-)

• Diminutive caruncula (car-un-cul-a) from primitive carō (carn-)

1. Diminutives and Diminutive Bases
2. General Rules for Diminutives in Latin
3. Procedures for Forming Diminutives
   1. First Declension
   2. Second Declension
   3. Third Declension, I- and Ī-Stems
   4. Third Declension, Mute Consonant Stems
   5. Third Declension, L-, R-, S-Stems
   6. Third Declension, N-Stems
   7. Third Declension, OU-Stems
   8. Third Declension, Ū-Stems
   9. Third-Declension, Any Stem
   10. Third Declension, Irregular Diminutives
   11. Fourth Declension
   12. Fifth Declension
   13. Fifth Declension, Irregular Diminutives
   14. Substituting Diminutive Bases
   15. Diminutives Bases Side by Side
4. Multiple Possible Diminutive Forms
5. Bibliography

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