apicula

Latin

Etymology

    From apis (bee) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    apicula f (genitive apiculae); first declension

    1. diminutive of apis (bee)

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative apicula apiculae
    genitive apiculae apiculārum
    dative apiculae apiculīs
    accusative apiculam apiculās
    ablative apiculā apiculīs
    vocative apicula apiculae

    Descendants

    References

    • apicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "apicula", 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)
    • apicula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.