capsella
See also: Capsella
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From capsula (“a small box, case”) + -la (diminutive suffix).
Noun
[edit]capsella f (genitive capsellae); first declension
- diminutive of capsa (“box, chest”): small box or coffer
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | capsella | capsellae |
| genitive | capsellae | capsellārum |
| dative | capsellae | capsellīs |
| accusative | capsellam | capsellās |
| ablative | capsellā | capsellīs |
| vocative | capsella | capsellae |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “capsella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "capsella", 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)
- capsella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.