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Latin
Etymology
From induo (“to put on”) + -cula (instrument noun suffix). Compare subūcula.
Pronunciation
Noun
indūcula f (genitive indūculae); first declension
- a slip (kind of undergarment worn by women)
254 BCE – 184 BCE,
Plautus,
Epidicus 2.2.39:
- Quid erat induta? An regillam induculam an mendiculam?
- What did she have on? The Princess style of slip, or the Beggarmaid?
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “inducula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inducula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inducula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.