cicercula

Latin

Etymology

From cicera +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix), from cicer.

Noun

cicercula f (genitive cicerculae); first declension

  1. A small variety of chickpea

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cicercula cicerculae
genitive cicerculae cicerculārum
dative cicerculae cicerculīs
accusative cicerculam cicerculās
ablative cicerculā cicerculīs
vocative cicercula cicerculae

Descendants

  • Italian: cicerchia
  • Old Spanish: cizercha

References

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