anaticula

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Latin

Etymology

From anas (duck) (stem anat-) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

anaticula f (genitive anaticulae); first declension

  1. diminutive of anas: duckling
  2. (figuratively) duckie (term of endearment)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Catalan: nadilla
  • Italian: naticchia

References

  • anaticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • anaticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers