vocula

See also: Vocula

Latin

Etymology

The diminutive form of vōx (“a voice”, “a tone”, “a speech”, “a word”), formed as vōc- (stem of vōx) +‎ -ula (suffix forming feminine diminutives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯oː.ku.la/, [ˈu̯oːkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.ku.la/, [ˈvɔːkulä]

Noun

vōcula f (genitive vōculae); first declension

1. (literally) a small or feeble voice
2. (transferred sense):
   1. a soft note or tone
   2. (denoting linguistic items):
      1. a little, petty speech
      2. a little word, particle

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vōcula	vōculae
genitive	vōculae	vōculārum
dative	vōculae	vōculīs
accusative	vōculam	vōculās
ablative	vōculā	vōculīs
vocative	vōcula	vōculae

Derived terms

• vōculātiō

Descendants

• English: vocular, vocule

References

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