apicula
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From apis (“bee”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈpi.ku.la/, [äˈpɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈpi.ku.la/, [äˈpiːkulä]
Noun
[edit]apicula f (genitive apiculae); first declension
- diminutive of apis: a (little) bee
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | apicula | apiculae |
| genitive | apiculae | apiculārum |
| dative | apiculae | apiculīs |
| accusative | apiculam | apiculās |
| ablative | apiculā | apiculīs |
| vocative | apicula | apiculae |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “apicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- apicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- apicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.