monnula
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably a variant of nonnula, a diminutive of nonnus (“tutor, monk, grandparent”).[1] Similar sound changes took place with mespilus > Vulgar Latin *nespirum (> French nèfle), mappa > *nappa (> French nappe).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmon.nu.la/, [ˈmɔnːʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmon.nu.la/, [ˈmɔnːulä]
Noun
[edit]monnula f (genitive monnulae); first declension
- A darling (term of endearment)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | monnula | monnulae |
Genitive | monnulae | monnulārum |
Dative | monnulae | monnulīs |
Accusative | monnulam | monnulās |
Ablative | monnulā | monnulīs |
Vocative | monnula | monnulae |
References
[edit]- “monnula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monnula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Classical Folia: Studies in the Christian Perpetuation of the Classics. (1946). United States: (n.p.), p. 17