novacula
Latin
Etymology
Proto-Italic *(ks)nowātlo-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ksnew-, extended from *kes- (“to scratch, itch”). See also Latin saucius, Ancient Greek ξύω (xúō), Old English besnyþian, and Sanskrit क्षर (kṣara, “melting away, perishable”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /noˈu̯aː.ku.la/, [noˈu̯äːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /noˈva.ku.la/, [noˈväːkulä]
Noun
novācula f (genitive novāculae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | novācula | novāculae |
| Genitive | novāculae | novāculārum |
| Dative | novāculae | novāculīs |
| Accusative | novāculam | novāculās |
| Ablative | novāculā | novāculīs |
| Vocative | novācula | novāculae |
Descendants
References
- “novacula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “novacula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- novacula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “novacula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 585