vocula

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Latin

Etymology

The diminutive form of vōx (“a voice”, “a tone”, “a speech”, “a word”), formed as vōc- (stem of vōx) +‎ -ula (suffix forming feminine diminutives).

Pronunciation

Noun

vōcula f (genitive vōculae); first declension

  1. (literally) a small or feeble voice
  2. (transferred sense):
    1. a soft note or tone
    2. (denoting linguistic items):
      1. a little, petty speech
      2. a little word, particle

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vōcula vōculae
genitive vōculae vōculārum
dative vōculae vōculīs
accusative vōculam vōculās
ablative vōculā vōculīs
vocative vōcula vōculae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: vocular, vocule

References

  • “vōcŭla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vocula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vocula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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