nubecula
English
Noun
nubecula (plural nubeculae)
- (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- (medicine) A slight spot on the cornea.
- (medicine) A cloudy object or appearance in urine.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for nubecula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Noun
nūbēcula f (genitive nūbēculae); first declension (Diminutive of: nūbēs)
- cloudlet
- dark spot
- troubled expression
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nūbēcula | nūbēculae |
| Genitive | nūbēculae | nūbēculārum |
| Dative | nūbēculae | nūbēculīs |
| Accusative | nūbēculam | nūbēculās |
| Ablative | nūbēculā | nūbēculīs |
| Vocative | nūbēcula | nūbēculae |
References
- nubecula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nubecula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nubecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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