vesicula

See also: vesícula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēsīcula. Doublet of vesicle.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə

Noun

vesicula (plural vesiculae)

1. (biology, medicine, archaic) Synonym of vesicle (small blister).

   Hypernym: blister

   Coordinate term: bulla

References

• “vesicula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of vēsīca.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eːˈsiː.ku.la/, [u̯eːˈs̠iːkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈsi.ku.la/, [veˈs̬iːkulä]

Noun

vēsīcula f (genitive vēsīculae); first declension

1. Little bladder.
2. Blister (which is like a little bladder as a small sac of fluid).

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vēsīcula	vēsīculae
genitive	vēsīculae	vēsīculārum
dative	vēsīculae	vēsīculīs
accusative	vēsīculam	vēsīculās
ablative	vēsīculā	vēsīculīs
vocative	vēsīcula	vēsīculae

Descendants

• Asturian: vesícula
• Catalan: vesícula
• → English: vesicle
• French: vésicule
• → Galician: vesícula
• Italian: vescicola
• → Portuguese: vesícula
• Romanian: veziculă
• Sicilian: visicchia
• → Spanish: vesícula

References

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