pennula

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Latin

Etymology

penna +‎ -ula

Noun

pennula f (genitive pennulae); first declension

  1. diminutive of penna, a small wing

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pennula pennulae
genitive pennulae pennulārum
dative pennulae pennulīs
accusative pennulam pennulās
ablative pennulā pennulīs
vocative pennula pennulae

References

  • pennula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pennula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pennula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pennula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.