acula

See also: aculá, àcula, and açula

Catalan

Verb

acula

1. inflection of acular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Corsican

Un'acula.

Etymology

From Latin aquila. Cognates include Italian aquila and French aigle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkula/

Noun

acula f (plural acule)

1. eagle

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.la/, [ˈäkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.la/, [ˈäːkulä]

Etymology 1

acus (“a needle or pin”, fourth-declension feminine noun) +‎ -la.

Noun

acula f (genitive aculae); first declension

1. a small needle
2. (Medieval Latin) chervil (herb)

   Synonyms: acucia, scandix

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	acula	aculae
genitive	aculae	aculārum
dative	aculae	aculīs
accusative	aculam	aculās
ablative	aculā	aculīs
vocative	acula	aculae

Synonyms

• (small needle): acucula

References

• “ăcŭla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1 ăcŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “26/3”
• acula 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)

Etymology 2

Unknown, attested in two medieval glossaries.

Noun

acula f (genitive aculae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) banishment, exile

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	acula	aculae
genitive	aculae	aculārum
dative	aculae	aculīs
accusative	aculam	aculās
ablative	aculā	aculīs
vocative	acula	aculae

Synonyms

• (banishment, exile): exsilium

References

• ACULA¹ 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)

Etymology 3

Alteration of aquola.

Noun

acula f (genitive aculae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of aquola

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	acula	aculae
genitive	aculae	aculārum
dative	aculae	aculīs
accusative	aculam	aculās
ablative	aculā	aculīs
vocative	acula	aculae

References

• “acula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acula 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)
• 2 ăcŭla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “26/3”
• “acula” on page 31/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Spanish

Verb

acula

1. inflection of acular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative