craticula
Latin
Etymology
From crātis f (“wickerwork, framework, grating”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).
Noun
crāticula f (genitive crāticulae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | crāticula | crāticulae |
| genitive | crāticulae | crāticulārum |
| dative | crāticulae | crāticulīs |
| accusative | crāticulam | crāticulās |
| ablative | crāticulā | crāticulīs |
| vocative | crāticula | crāticulae |
Related terms
- crāticulus
- crāticulum
Descendants
Some forms with a change of suffix to -ella
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: graticola, gratella
- Sicilian: gradigghia
- Padanian:
- Lombard: gradèla
- Piedmontese: grija, gria
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Portuguese: gradelha
- Borrowings:
- → English: graticule
- → Portuguese: cratícula
- → Spanish: cratícula
References
- “craticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “craticula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “craticula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “craticula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin