lecticula

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Latin

Etymology

From lectīca +‎ -ula (forming diminutives), from lectus (“bed, couch”) + -ica (“forming related nouns”), q.v.

Pronunciation

Noun

lectīcula f (genitive lectīculae); first declension

  1. A small litter, especially (historical) a small lectica
  2. Synonym of feretrum, a funereal litter

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lectīcula lectīculae
genitive lectīculae lectīculārum
dative lectīculae lectīculīs
accusative lectīculam lectīculās
ablative lectīculā lectīculīs
vocative lectīcula lectīculae

Coordinate terms

  • sellula (equivalent small sedan chair, sometimes conflated); see also lectica

References

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