securicula

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English

Etymology

From Latin secūricula.

Noun

securicula (plural securiculae)

  1. A little axe, or a votive offering in that form.

Latin

Etymology

From secūris +‎ cula.

Pronunciation

Noun

secūricula f (genitive secūriculae); first declension

  1. little axe
  2. a component of a certain kind of cramping looking like an axe, called in Ancient Greek πελεκῖνος (pelekînos)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative secūricula secūriculae
genitive secūriculae secūriculārum
dative secūriculae secūriculīs
accusative secūriculam secūriculās
ablative secūriculā secūriculīs
vocative secūricula secūriculae

References

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