“Latin Diminutives”

Fifth Declension, Irregular Diminutives

• Diminutive speicula (spe-i-cul-a) from primitive spēs (stem spē-): apparently formed by adding -icula, which comprises the diminutive base -cula and the connecting vowel i, to the combining form spe- (the e does not disappear).

• Diminutive rēscula (rēs-cul-a) from primitive rēs (stem rē-): formed by adding the diminutive base -cula to the nominative singular form rēs.

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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