canicula
Latin
Etymology
From canis (“dog”) + -cula. The sense ‘dogfish, shark’ is probably a calque of Ancient Greek σκύλιον (skúlion).
Noun
canīcula f (genitive canīculae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | canīcula | canīculae |
| Genitive | canīculae | canīculārum |
| Dative | canīculae | canīculīs |
| Accusative | canīculam | canīculās |
| Ablative | canīculā | canīculīs |
| Vocative | canīcula | canīculae |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- canicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canicula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- canicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- canicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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