acucula

Latin

Etymology

From acū- (“needle”) +‎ -cula (diminutive ending). Attested beginning in the fourth century CE.[1]

Noun

acūcula f (genitive acūculae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. small needle

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative acūcula acūculae
genitive acūculae acūculārum
dative acūculae acūculīs
accusative acūculam acūculās
ablative acūculā acūculīs
vocative acūcula acūculae

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “aiguille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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