Querquetula

Latin

Etymology 1

From querquētum (“wood of oaks”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷerˈkʷeː.tu.la/, [kʷɛrˈkʷeːt̪ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwerˈkwe.tu.la/, [kwerˈkwɛːt̪ulä]

Proper noun

Querquētula f sg (genitive Querquētulae); first declension

1. An ancient city in Latium, mentioned only by Pliny

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Querquētula
genitive	Querquētulae
dative	Querquētulae
accusative	Querquētulam
ablative	Querquētulā
vocative	Querquētula
locative	Querquētulae

Derived terms

• querquētulānus

Etymology 2

From querquētum (“wood of oaks”), from quercus (“oak-tree”) +‎ -ētum (“plantation or grove”), following Auckland, from Middle English ak (“oak”) + land.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷerˈkʷeː.tu.la/, [kʷɛrˈkʷeːt̪ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwerˈkwe.tu.la/, [kwerˈkwɛːt̪ulä]

Proper noun

Querquētula f sg (genitive Querquētulae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Auckland, New Zealand

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Querquētula
genitive	Querquētulae
dative	Querquētulae
accusative	Querquētulam
ablative	Querquētulā
vocative	Querquētula
locative	Querquētulae

Synonyms

• Aucopolis

Derived terms

• querquētulānus

References

• “Querquetula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly