conchula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of concha.

Noun

conchula f (genitive conchulae); first declension

1. small mollusk, mussel, oyster

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	conchula	conchulae
Genitive	conchulae	conchulārum
Dative	conchulae	conchulīs
Accusative	conchulam	conchulās
Ablative	conchulā	conchulīs
Vocative	conchula	conchulae

Descendants

• Galician: cuncha
• Italian: concola, vongola
• Neapolitan: vòngola
• Portuguese: concha
• Spanish: concha, concho

References

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