acicula

Latin acicula (“pin for a head-dress”)

acicula (plural aciculae)

1. One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

• acicle

• acicula at OneLook Dictionary Search

Diminutive of acus (“needle”) +‎ -cula.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈki.ku.la/, [aˈkɪ.kʊ.ɫa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/, [aˈt͡ʃiː.ku.la]

acicula f (genitive aciculae); first declension

1. a hairpin or hatpin

First declension.

• acia
• acus
• acicularis

• → English: acicula
• → Portuguese: acícula

• acicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• acicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette