pusillus, pusilla -um, pusillior -or -us, pusillissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tiny, wee, very small (amount/degree/extent); miniature, on a tiny scale;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pusillus | pusilli |
| Gen. | pusilli | pusillorum |
| Dat. | pusillo | — |
| Acc. | pusillum | pusillos |
| Voc. | pusille | pusilli |
| Abl. | pusillo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pusilla | pusillae |
| Gen. | pusillae | pusillarum |
| Dat. | pusillae | — |
| Acc. | pusillam | pusillas |
| Voc. | pusilla | pusillae |
| Abl. | pusilla | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pusillum | pusilla |
| Gen. | pusilli | pusillorum |
| Dat. | pusillo | — |
| Acc. | pusillum | pusilla |
| Voc. | pusillum | pusilla |
| Abl. | pusillo | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pusillius | pusilliora |
| Gen. | pusillioris | — |
| Acc. | pusillius | pusilliora |
| Voc. | pusillius | pusilliora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pusillissimus | pusillissimi |
| Gen. | pusillissimi | pusillissimorum |
| Dat. | pusillissimo | — |
| Acc. | pusillissimum | pusillissimos |
| Voc. | pusillissime | pusillissimi |
| Abl. | pusillissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pusillissima | pusillissimae |
| Gen. | pusillissimae | pusillissimarum |
| Dat. | pusillissimae | — |
| Acc. | pusillissimam | pusillissimas |
| Voc. | pusillissima | pusillissimae |
| Abl. | pusillissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | pusillissimum | pusillissima |
| Gen. | pusillissimi | pusillissimorum |
| Dat. | pusillissimo | — |
| Acc. | pusillissimum | pusillissima |
| Voc. | pusillissimum | pusillissima |
| Abl. | pusillissimo | — |
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...derelicta: scio, abituru's. sed tamen cogitato, mus pusillus quam sit sapiens bestia, aetatem qui non cubili umquam..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...turpius istud? I, tibi dispereas, Gaure: pusillus homo es. Insequeris, fugio; fugis, insequor. Haec mihi mens est: uelle..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...magno te, Quinte, parare? Falleris: haec animus, Quinte, pusillus emit. Cotile, bellus homo es: dicunt hoc, Cotile, multi..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Cotta, uideri: sed qui bellus homo est, Cotta, pusillus homo est. Petit Gemellus nuptias Maronillae et cupit..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...animus qui se ei tradidit: at contra ille pusillus et degenerqui obluctatur et de ordine mundi male existimat..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...hominis animum, dic quam magnus sit, dic quam pusillus sit. Scis quae recta sit linea: quid tibi prodest..."