subucula
English
Etymology
Noun
subucula (plural subuculae)
- (historical) A man's undergarment or shirt.
- (historical) In the early English church, a kind of cassock worn under the alb.
Latin
Etymology
From sub- + *uō (“to put on”) + -cula (instrument noun suffix). Compare indūcula. The root is attested in the compound verbs induō and exuō.
Noun
subūcula f (genitive subūculae); first declension
- a man's undergarment, a shirt (worn under a tunic etc.)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | subūcula | subūculae |
| genitive | subūculae | subūculārum |
| dative | subūculae | subūculīs |
| accusative | subūculam | subūculās |
| ablative | subūculā | subūculīs |
| vocative | subūcula | subūculae |
References
- “subucula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subucula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subucula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “subucula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers