lecticula

Latin

Etymology

From lectīca +‎ -ula (forming diminutives), from lectus (“bed, couch”) + -ica (“forming related nouns”), q.v.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lekˈtiː.ku.la/, [ɫ̪ɛkˈt̪iːkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lekˈti.ku.la/, [lekˈt̪iːkulä]

Noun

lectīcula f (genitive lectīculae); first declension

1. A small litter, especially (historical) a small lectica
2. Synonym of feretrum, a funereal litter

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lectīcula	lectīculae
genitive	lectīculae	lectīculārum
dative	lectīculae	lectīculīs
accusative	lectīculam	lectīculās
ablative	lectīculā	lectīculīs
vocative	lectīcula	lectīculae

Coordinate terms

• sellula (equivalent small sedan chair, sometimes conflated); see also lectica

References

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