radicula
See also: Radicula
English
Noun
radicula (plural radiculae)
- Synonym of radicle.
Latin
Etymology
From rādīc- (“root”) + -ula (diminutive ending).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [raːˈdiː.kʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [raˈd̪iː.ku.la]
Noun
rādīcula f (genitive rādīculae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rādīcula | rādīculae |
| genitive | rādīculae | rādīculārum |
| dative | rādīculae | rādīculīs |
| accusative | rādīculam | rādīculās |
| ablative | rādīculā | rādīculīs |
| vocative | rādīcula | rādīculae |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: ridiche, rădiche
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: radicchio m (see there for further descendants)
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: arriga (Campidanese), raigla (Logudorese, obsolete)
- North Italian:
- Friulian: ardile, radigle
- Ligurian: reigua
- Lombard: ridicc, redicc
- Venetan: raicio
- Borrowings:
References
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “radīcula”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 524
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “radīcula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 20
Further reading
- “radicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “radicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "radicula", 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)
- radicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.