vocula

See also: Vocula

Latin

Etymology

The diminutive form of vōx (“a voice”, “a tone”, “a speech”, “a word”), formed as vōc- (stem of vōx) +‎ -ula (suffix forming feminine diminutives).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwoː.ku.la/, [ˈwoː.kʊ.ɫa]

Noun

vōcula f (genitive vōculae); first declension

  1. (literally) a small or feeble voice
  2. (transferred sense):
    1. a soft note or tone
    2. (denoting linguistic items):
      1. a little, petty speech
      2. a little word, particle

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vōcula vōculae
Genitive vōculae vōculārum
Dative vōculae vōculīs
Accusative vōculam vōculās
Ablative vōculā vōculīs
Vocative vōcula vōculae

Derived terms
  • vōculātiō

Descendants

References
  • vōcŭla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vocula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vocula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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