apicula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of apis (“bee”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈpi.ku.la/, [äˈpɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpi.ku.la/, [ɑˈpiːkulɑ]

Noun

apicula f (genitive apiculae); first declension

1. a (little) bee

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	apicula	apiculae
Genitive	apiculae	apiculārum
Dative	apiculae	apiculīs
Accusative	apiculam	apiculās
Ablative	apiculā	apiculīs
Vocative	apicula	apiculae

Descendants

• Esperanto: abelo
  • Ido: abelo
• Interlingua: apicula
• Italian: pecchia
• Navarro-Aragonese:
  • Aragonese: abella
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: abeya
  • Leonese: abeiya
  • Mirandese: abeilha

• Old Portuguese: abella
  • Galician: abella
  • Portuguese: abelha
• Old Occitan: abelha
  • Catalan: abella
  • Franco-Provençal: avilye
  • French: abeille
  • Occitan: abelha
  • Romansch: avieul
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: abeja

References

• apicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• apicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• apicula in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934