amicula

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of amiculum (cloak, mantle; outer garment).

Noun

amicula

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of amiculum

Etymology 2

Derived from amīca (friend (female)) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Noun

amīcula f (genitive amīculae, masculine amīculus); first declension

  1. A loved one, a mistress, a little friend (female).
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative amīcula amīculae
genitive amīculae amīculārum
dative amīculae amīculīs
accusative amīculam amīculās
ablative amīculā amīculīs
vocative amīcula amīculae

References

  • amicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • amicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.