pilula
See also: pílula
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive from pila (“ball, globe”) + -ula.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpi.lu.la/, [ˈpɪɫ̪ʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.lu.la/, [ˈpiːlulä]
Noun
pilula f (genitive pilulae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pilula | pilulae |
Genitive | pilulae | pilulārum |
Dative | pilulae | pilulīs |
Accusative | pilulam | pilulās |
Ablative | pilulā | pilulīs |
Vocative | pilula | pilulae |
Synonyms
- (small ball, globule): globulus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “pilula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pilula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pilula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.