monnula
Latin
Etymology
Probably a variant of nonnula, a diminutive of nonnus (“tutor, monk, grandparent”).[1] Similar sound changes took place with mespilus > Vulgar Latin *nespirum (> French nèfle), mappa > *nappa (> French nappe).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɔn.nʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔn.nu.la]
Noun
monnula f (genitive monnulae); first declension
- A darling (term of endearment)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | monnula | monnulae |
| genitive | monnulae | monnulārum |
| dative | monnulae | monnulīs |
| accusative | monnulam | monnulās |
| ablative | monnulā | monnulīs |
| vocative | monnula | monnulae |
References
- “monnula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monnula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Classical Folia: Studies in the Christian Perpetuation of the Classics. (1946). United States: (n.p.), p. 17