acicula
See also: acícula
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin acicula (“pin for a head-dress”)
Noun
acicula (plural aciculae)
- One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.
Synonyms
Translations
needlelike spine of some animals and plants
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Further reading
- “acicula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of acus (“needle”) + -cula.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈki.ku.la/, [äˈkɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/, [äˈt͡ʃiːkulä]
Noun
acicula f (genitive aciculae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | acicula | aciculae |
Genitive | aciculae | aciculārum |
Dative | aciculae | aciculīs |
Accusative | aciculam | aciculās |
Ablative | aciculā | aciculīs |
Vocative | acicula | aciculae |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “acicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acicula 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)
- acicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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