ficedula

See also: Ficedula

Latin

Etymology

fīcus (“fig”) +‎ ed-, stem of edō (“to eat”) + -ula, feminine of -ulus; literally "little fig-eater".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiːˈke.du.la/, [fiːˈkɛd̪ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈt͡ʃe.du.la/, [fiˈt͡ʃɛːd̪ulä]

Noun

fīcedula f (genitive fīcedulae); first declension

1. a figpecker (Sylvia hortensis); beccafico

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fīcedula	fīcedulae
genitive	fīcedulae	fīcedulārum
dative	fīcedulae	fīcedulīs
accusative	fīcedulam	fīcedulās
ablative	fīcedulā	fīcedulīs
vocative	fīcedula	fīcedulae

References

• “ficedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ficedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers