vallicula

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From vallis (a valley, vale) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

vallicula f (genitive valliculae); first declension

  1. diminutive of vallis: a glen, dell (little valley)
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Inflection

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Galician: Valella (place name)
  • Romanian: vâlcea

References

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