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.
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, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 118
- ^ “aiguille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.