acucula
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From acū- (“needle”) + -cula (diminutive ending). Attested beginning in the fourth century CE.[1]
Noun[edit]
acūcula f (genitive acūculae); first declension (Late Latin)
- small needle
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | acūcula | acūculae |
Genitive | acūculae | acūculārum |
Dative | acūculae | acūculīs |
Accusative | acūculam | acūculās |
Ablative | acūculā | acūculīs |
Vocative | acūcula | acūculae |
Descendants[edit]
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: agucchia
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “acūcŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 118
- ^ “aiguille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.