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ancillula

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin ancillula, diminutive of ancilla (handmaid), a feminine diminutive of anculus (servant).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ancillula (plural ancillulas)

  1. A slave girl; a servant-girl.
    • 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
      I at once telephoned. The Shades were out, said the cheeky ancillula, an obnoxious little fan who came to cook for them on Sundays and no doubt dreamt of getting the old poet to cuddle her some wifeless day.

Latin

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Etymology

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From ancilla +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

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Noun

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ancillula f (genitive ancillulae); first declension

  1. diminutive of ancilla: young female slave or servant

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ancillula ancillulae
genitive ancillulae ancillulārum
dative ancillulae ancillulīs
accusative ancillulam ancillulās
ablative ancillulā ancillulīs
vocative ancillula ancillulae

References

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  • ancillula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ancillula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ancillula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.