aedicula

Borrowed from Latin aedicula.

aedicula (plural aediculae)

1. (art) A painted framed niche giving the appearance of depth.
2. A small shrine.

Diminutive from aedēs (“a dwelling, sanctuary”) +‎ -cula.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈdi.ku.la/, [ae̯ˈdɪ.kʊ.ɫa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɛˈdi.ku.la/, [ɛˈdiː.ku.la]

• Audio (ecclesiastical)

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aedicula f (genitive aediculae); first declension

1. diminutive of aedēs
2. a small temple; chapel
3. a small house or room

First declension.

• (small temple): sacellum

• English: aedicula
• Portuguese: edícula
• Italian: edicola

• larārium

• aedicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aedicula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aedicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aedicula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aedicula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin