From Latin pērula, diminutive of pera (“wallet”), from Ancient Greek . Compare French pérule.
perula (plural perulae)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “perula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
The diminutive form of pēra (“a bag”, “a wallet”), formed as pēra + -ula (suffix forming feminine diminutives).
pērula f (genitive pērulae); first declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pērula | pērulae |
Genitive | pērulae | pērulārum |
Dative | pērulae | pērulīs |
Accusative | pērulam | pērulās |
Ablative | pērulā | pērulīs |
Vocative | pērula | pērulae |
From pirum (“a pear”).
perula f (genitive perulae); first declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | perula | perulae |
Genitive | perulae | perulārum |
Dative | perulae | perulīs |
Accusative | perulam | perulās |
Ablative | perulā | perulīs |
Vocative | perula | perulae |