apicula
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of apis (“bee”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈpi.ku.la/, [äˈpɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈpi.ku.la/, [äˈpiːkulä]
Noun
apicula f (genitive apiculae); first declension
- 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
References
- “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.