“Latin Diminutives”

Third Declension, Irregular Diminutives

• Diminutive lapillus (lap-ill-us) from primitive lapis (stem lapid-): the diminutive base l- was added to the stem lapid-, and the final d of the stem assimilated to the l-.

• Diminutive corculum (cor-cul-um) from primitive cor (stem cord-): the d of the stem cord- disappears between the letters r and c.

• Diminutive vetulus (vet-ulus) from primitive vetus (stem veter-): the -us of vetus was replaced with -ulus.

• Diminutive corolla (coro-l-l-a) from primitive corona (stem coronā-): the stem vowel of the primitive drops and the n assimilated to the diminutive base l-.

• Diminutive homullus (hom-ul-l-us) from primitive homō (stem homin-): the diminutive base l- was added to the stem of the primitive, and then the final -n of the stem assimilated to the diminutive base while the i became u.

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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