spinula

English

Noun

spinula (plural spinulae)

  1. Alternative form of spinule.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin. Diminutive of spīna.

Noun

spīnula f (genitive spīnulae); first declension

  1. diminutive of spīna (“thorn”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative spīnula spīnulae
genitive spīnulae spīnulārum
dative spīnulae spīnulīs
accusative spīnulam spīnulās
ablative spīnulā spīnulīs
vocative spīnula spīnulae

Descendants

  • Vulgar Latin: *spinla
    • Italian: spilla
    • Sicilian: spiḍḍa
  • → English: spinule
  • → French: spinule
  • → Italian: spinula
  • → Portuguese: espínula
  • → Spanish: espínula

References

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