viticula
Latin
Alternative forms
- vītecula
Etymology
From vītis (“vine”) + -cula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wiːˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [viˈtiː.ku.la]
Noun
vīticula f (genitive vīticulae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vīticula | vīticulae |
| genitive | vīticulae | vīticulārum |
| dative | vīticulae | vīticulīs |
| accusative | vīticulam | vīticulās |
| ablative | vīticulā | vīticulīs |
| vocative | vīticula | vīticulae |
Descendants
(Note: some reflecting the Late variant vītīcula whence also a dissimilated *vĭtīcula.)
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: viticchio
- Neapolitan: viticchia
- Sicilian: viticchiu
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Ladin: vadadla
- Romansh: vadeglia, vadaglia
- Gallo-Italic:
- ⇒ Piedmontese: alviria
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: villo
- Gascon: videlha, vedilha
- Old French: vedille, veille, verille
- French: vrille
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- “viticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “viticula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “vīticula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 14: U–Z, page 555