monnula
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a variant of nonnula, a diminutive of nonnus (“tutor, monk, grandparent”).[1] Similar sound changes took place with mespilus > Vulgar Latin *nespirum (> French nèfle), mappa > *nappa (> French nappe).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmon.nu.la/, [ˈmɔnːʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmon.nu.la/, [ˈmɔnːulä]
Noun[edit]
monnula f (genitive monnulae); first declension
- A darling (term of endearment)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | monnula | monnulae |
| Genitive | monnulae | monnulārum |
| Dative | monnulae | monnulīs |
| Accusative | monnulam | monnulās |
| Ablative | monnulā | monnulīs |
| Vocative | monnula | monnulae |
References[edit]
- “monnula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monnula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Classical Folia: Studies in the Christian Perpetuation of the Classics. (1946). United States: (n.p.), p. 17