terricula

Latin

Etymology

From terreō (“frighten, terrify”) +‎ -cula (instrument noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /terˈri.ku.la/, [t̪ɛrˈrɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /terˈri.ku.la/, [t̪erˈriːkulä]

Noun

terricula n pl (genitive terriculōrum); second declension or terricula f (genitive terriculae); first declension

1. a mean to excite terror, scarecrow, bugbear

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	terricula
genitive	terriculōrum
dative	terriculīs
accusative	terricula
ablative	terriculīs
vocative	terricula

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	terricula	terriculae
genitive	terriculae	terriculārum
dative	terriculae	terriculīs
accusative	terriculam	terriculās
ablative	terriculā	terriculīs
vocative	terricula	terriculae

Derived terms

• terriculāmentum n

References

• “terricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• terricula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• terricula in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung