lusciniola

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Latin

Etymology

From luscinia +‎ -ola.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lus.kiˈni.o.la/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luʃ.ʃiˈni.o.la/,

Noun

lusciniola f (genitive lusciniolae); first declension

diminutive of luscinia (“nightingale”)
- c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 1.1.4:
  Pol ego metuo, lusciniolae ne defuerit cantio.
  Troth, I fear the nightingale may lose its song.
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Agricultural Topics 3.5.14:
  Intra retem aves sunt omnigenus, maxime cantrices, ut lusciniolae ac merulae
  Within the nettings are all kinds of birds, chiefly songbirds, such as nightingales and blackbirds

References

lusciniola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 928b.
“lusciniola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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