different between pedicules vs pediculus

English

Noun

pedicules

1. plural of pedicule

English

Noun

pediculus (plural pediculi)

1. A louse (of the family Pediculidae), especially Pediculus humanus.

Latin

Etymology 1

p?s, pedis (“foot”) +? -culus (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

pediculus m (genitive pedicul?); second declension

1. A little foot.
2. (botany) A footstalk or pedicel of a fruit or leaf.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• pedicellus

Related terms

Descendants

Alternative forms

• p?duculus, p?duclus

Etymology 2

p?dis (“louse”) +? -culus (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

p?diculus m (genitive p?dicul?); second declension

1. A louse
2. A sea louse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Latin: p?duculus (see there for further descendants)
• ?? Italian: pediculosi
• ? Spanish: pedículo
• ? Translingual: Pediculus

References

• pediculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pediculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pediculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette