abacula

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Latin acula

Latin abacula

From ab- (“from”) + acula (“small needle”).

Pronunciation 1

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈbaː.ku.la]

Noun

abacula f (genitive abaculae); first declension

1. (Renaissance Latin) cloth for a sideboard

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abacula	abaculae
genitive	abaculae	abaculārum
dative	abaculae	abaculīs
accusative	abaculam	abaculās
ablative	abaculā	abaculīs
vocative	abacula	abaculae

Pronunciation 2

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈbaː.ku.la]

Noun

abaculā f

1. ablative singular of abacula

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “abacula”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC