apicula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of apis (“bee”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈpi.ku.la/

Noun

apicula f (genitive apiculae); first declension

a (little) bee

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	apicula	apiculae
genitive	apiculae	apiculārum
dative	apiculae	apiculīs
accusative	apiculam	apiculās
ablative	apiculā	apiculīs
vocative	apicula	apiculae

Descendants

Esperanto: abelo
- Ido: abelo
Interlingua: apicula
Italian: pecchia
Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: abella
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: abeya
- Leonese: abeiya
- Mirandese: abeilha

Old Portuguese: abella
- Galician: abella
- Portuguese: abelha
Old Occitan: abelha
- Catalan: abella
- Franco-Provençal: avilye
- French: abeille
- Occitan: abelha
- Romansch: avieul
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: abeja

References

apicula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
apicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
apicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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