anaticula

Latin

Etymology

From anas (“duck”) (stem anat-) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.naˈti.ku.la/, [änäˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.naˈti.ku.la/, [änäˈt̪iːkulä]

Noun

anaticula f (genitive anaticulae); first declension

1. diminutive of anas: duckling
2. (figuratively) duckie (term of endearment)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	anaticula	anaticulae
genitive	anaticulae	anaticulārum
dative	anaticulae	anaticulīs
accusative	anaticulam	anaticulās
ablative	anaticulā	anaticulīs
vocative	anaticula	anaticulae

Descendants

• Catalan: nadilla
• Italian: naticchia

References

• “anaticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “anaticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers