silicula

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

silicula (plural siliculas or siliculae)

  1. (botany) Alternative spelling of silicle

Latin

Noun

silicula f (genitive siliculae); first declension

  1. diminutive of siliqua (pod)
  2. little husk or pod, a silicle

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative silicula siliculae
genitive siliculae siliculārum
dative siliculae siliculīs
accusative siliculam siliculās
ablative siliculā siliculīs
vocative silicula siliculae

Descendants

  • English: silicle, silicule

References

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