acucula

Latin

Etymology

From acū- (“needle”) +‎ -cula (diminutive ending). Attested beginning in the fourth century CE.[1]

Noun

acūcula f (genitive acūculae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. small needle

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative acūcula acūculae
Genitive acūculae acūculārum
Dative acūculae acūculīs
Accusative acūculam acūculās
Ablative acūculā acūculīs
Vocative acūcula acūculae

Descendants

References
  1. “aiguille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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