fidiculae

Latin

Alternative forms

• fidicula

Etymology

From fidēs (“chord”) +‎ -culae (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiˈdi.ku.lae̯/, [fɪˈd̪ɪkʊɫ̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈdi.ku.le/, [fiˈd̪iːkule]

Noun

fidiculae f pl (genitive fidiculārum); first declension

1. a small stringed instrument, a small lute or cithern

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	fidiculae
genitive	fidiculārum
dative	fidiculīs
accusative	fidiculās
ablative	fidiculīs
vocative	fidiculae

References

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