furcilla

Latin

Etymology

furca +‎ -illus.

Noun

furcilla f (genitive furcillae); first declension

  1. Diminutive of furca (“fork”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative furcilla furcillae
Genitive furcillae furcillārum
Dative furcillae furcillīs
Accusative furcillam furcillās
Ablative furcillā furcillīs
Vocative furcilla furcillae

Descendants
  • Italian: forcella
  • Romanian: furcea
  • Sicilian: furciḍḍa

References
  • “furcilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “furcilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • furcilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • furcilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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