vesicula

See also: vesícula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēsīcula. Doublet of vesicle.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə

Noun

vesicula (plural vesiculae)

  1. (biology, medicine, archaic) Synonym of vesicle (small blister).
    Hypernym: blister
    Coordinate term: bulla

References

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of vēsīca.

Pronunciation

Noun

vēsīcula f (genitive vēsīculae); first declension

  1. Little bladder.
  2. Blister (which is like a little bladder as a small sac of fluid).

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vēsīcula vēsīculae
Genitive vēsīculae vēsīculārum
Dative vēsīculae vēsīculīs
Accusative vēsīculam vēsīculās
Ablative vēsīculā vēsīculīs
Vocative vēsīcula vēsīculae

Descendants

References

  • vesicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vesicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vesicula 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)
  • vesicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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