arcula

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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arca (chest, box, coffer) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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arcula f (genitive arculae); first declension

  1. a small chest, box, casket or coffer; small perfume box or jewel casket
  2. a windchest of an organ

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arcula arculae
Genitive arculae arculārum
Dative arculae arculīs
Accusative arculam arculās
Ablative arculā arculīs
Vocative arcula arculae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Byzantine Greek: ἄρκλα (árkla)

References

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  • arcula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arcula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • arcula 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)
  • arcula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • arcula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers