pinnula

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin pinnula.

Noun[edit]

pinnula (plural pinnulas or pinnulae)

  1. A pinnule or subleaflet.

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Diminutive of pinna.

Noun[edit]

pinnula f (genitive pinnulae); first declension

  1. small wing, or plume of feathers
  2. small fin

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pinnula pinnulae
Genitive pinnulae pinnulārum
Dative pinnulae pinnulīs
Accusative pinnulam pinnulās
Ablative pinnulā pinnulīs
Vocative pinnula pinnulae

Descendants[edit]

  • Spanish: péñola

References[edit]

  • pinnula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pinnula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pinnula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pinnula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016