securicula

English

Etymology

Latin secūricula.

Noun

securicula (plural securiculae)

1. A little axe, or a votive offering in that form.

Latin

Etymology

From secūris +‎ cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /se.kuːˈri.ku.la/, [s̠ɛkuːˈrɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.kuˈri.ku.la/, [sekuˈriːkulä]

Noun

secūricula f (genitive secūriculae); first declension

1. little axe
2. a component of a certain kind of cramping looking like an axe, called in Ancient Greek πελεκῖνος (pelekînos)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	secūricula	secūriculae
Genitive	secūriculae	secūriculārum
Dative	secūriculae	secūriculīs
Accusative	secūriculam	secūriculās
Ablative	secūriculā	secūriculīs
Vocative	secūricula	secūriculae

References

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