febricula

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin

Noun

febricula (plural febriculas or febriculae)

1. A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.

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Latin

Etymology

From febris (“fever”) +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /feˈbriː.ku.la/, [fɛˈbriːkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈbri.ku.la/, [feˈbriːkulä]

Noun

febrīcula f (genitive febrīculae); first declension

1. a slight fever

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	febrīcula	febrīculae
Genitive	febrīculae	febrīculārum
Dative	febrīculae	febrīculīs
Accusative	febrīculam	febrīculās
Ablative	febrīculā	febrīculīs
Vocative	febrīcula	febrīculae

Derived terms

• febrīculentus

References

• “febricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “febricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• febricula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.