febricula

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See also: febrícula

English

Etymology

From Latin febrīcula.

Noun

febricula (plural febriculas or febriculae)

  1. A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.

Latin

Etymology

From febris (fever) +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

Noun

febrīcula f (genitive febrīculae); first declension

  1. a slight fever

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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