assula

Latin

Alternative forms

• astula

Etymology

Diminutive of axis / assis (“axis, wheel, axle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.su.la/, [ˈäs̠ːʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.su.la/, [ˈäsːulä]

Noun

assula f (genitive assulae); first declension

1. splinter, shaving, chip, shiver
2. shingle

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	assula	assulae
Genitive	assulae	assulārum
Dative	assulae	assulīs
Accusative	assulam	assulās
Ablative	assulā	assulīs
Vocative	assula	assulae

Derived terms

• assulātim
• assulōsē
• astella

Descendants

• Italian: aschia
• Sardinian: astua, astula, alcia, ascia, ascra
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *ascla
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *astella
  • Dalmatian: sčela
  • Old French: astelle
    • French: attelle
  • Old Occitan:
    • Catalan: estella
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Galician: estela
  • Old Spanish:
    • Spanish: astilla

References

• “assula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• assula 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)
• assula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.