lusciniola

Latin

Etymology

From luscinia +‎ -ola.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lus.kiˈni.o.la/, [ɫ̪ʊs̠kɪˈniɔɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luʃ.ʃiˈni.o.la/, [luʃːiˈniːolä]

Noun

lusciniola f (genitive lusciniolae); first declension

1. diminutive of luscinia (“nightingale”)
   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 1.1.4:

     Pol ego metuo, lusciniolae ne defuerit cantio.

     Troth, I fear the nightingale may lose its song.

   • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Agricultural Topics 3.5.14:

     Intra retem aves sunt omnigenus, maxime cantrices, ut lusciniolae ac merulae

     Within the nettings are all kinds of birds, chiefly songbirds, such as nightingales and blackbirds

References

• lusciniola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 928b.
• “lusciniola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press