ancillula
English
Etymology
Latin ancillula, diminutive of ancilla (“handmaid”), a feminine diminutive of anculus (“servant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ancillula (plural ancillulas)
- A slave girl; a servant-girl.
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
- I at once telephoned. The Shades were out, said the cheeky ancillula, an obnoxious little fan who came to cook for them on Sundays and no doubt dreamt of getting the old poet to cuddle her some wifeless day.
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /anˈkil.lu.la/, [äŋˈkɪlːʲʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /anˈt͡ʃil.lu.la/, [än̠ʲˈt͡ʃilːulä]
Noun
ancillula f (genitive ancillulae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ancillula | ancillulae |
Genitive | ancillulae | ancillulārum |
Dative | ancillulae | ancillulīs |
Accusative | ancillulam | ancillulās |
Ablative | ancillulā | ancillulīs |
Vocative | ancillula | ancillulae |
References
- “ancillula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ancillula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ancillula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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