canicula

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See also: Canicula, canícula, and caniculă

Latin

Etymology

From canis (“dog”) +‎ -cula. The sense ‘dogfish, shark’ is probably a calque of Ancient Greek σκύλιον (skúlion).

Noun

canīcula f (genitive canīculae); first declension

  1. diminutive of canis
  2. little dog
  3. dogfish, shark

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative canīcula canīculae
genitive canīculae canīculārum
dative canīculae canīculīs
accusative canīculam canīculās
ablative canīculā canīculīs
vocative canīcula canīculae

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References

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

canicula f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of caniculă
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