lecticula
Latin
Etymology
From lectīca + -ula (forming diminutives), from lectus (“bed, couch”) + -ica (“forming related nouns”), q.v.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɛkˈtiː.kʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [lekˈt̪iː.ku.la]
Noun
lectīcula f (genitive lectīculae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lectīcula | lectīculae |
| genitive | lectīculae | lectīculārum |
| dative | lectīculae | lectīculīs |
| accusative | lectīculam | lectīculās |
| ablative | lectīculā | lectīculīs |
| vocative | lectīcula | lectīculae |
Coordinate terms
- sellula (equivalent small sedan chair, sometimes conflated); see also lectica
References
- “lecticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lecticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lecticula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.