fenestrula

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Latin

Etymology

fenestra (window) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

Noun

fenestrula f (genitive fenestrulae); first declension

  1. a small window

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative fenestrula fenestrulae
genitive fenestrulae fenestrulārum
dative fenestrulae fenestrulīs
accusative fenestrulam fenestrulās
ablative fenestrulā fenestrulīs
vocative fenestrula fenestrulae

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Sicilian: finistrula

References

  • fenestrula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fenestrula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.