Peculiolum

Latin-English

pĕcūlĭŏl|um, -ī. (pe.kuˈli.o.lum) neut.

1. A little peculium.

[peculium.]

Loci

• αʹ Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.5:

Nam vitium quod fit per quantitatem, ut "magnum peculiolum", erunt qui soloecismum putent, quia pro nomine integro positum sit deminutum].

There will be some who would consider an error of degree, as in "magnum peculiolum", to be a solecism, because instead of a neutral word, a diminutive was given.