uxorcula

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

uxorcŭla, ae, f. dim. [uxor],

a little wife (ante- and post-class.): erat ei uxorcula satis quidem tenuis, Ap. Met. 9, 5, 3.—As a term of endearment: mea uxorcula! Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 19; 5, 2, 38; Varr. ap. Non. 83, 25.