arcula

Latin

Alternative forms

  • arcla (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

arca (“chest, box, coffer”) +‎ -ula (“diminutive suffix”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arcula f (genitive arculae); first declension

  1. a small chest, box, casket or coffer; small perfume box or jewel casket
  2. a windchest of an organ

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative arcula arculae
genitive arculae arculārum
dative arculae arculīs
accusative arculam arculās
ablative arculā arculīs
vocative arcula arculae

Derived terms

  • arculārius

Descendants

  • Armenian:
  • Byzantine Greek: ἄρκλα (árkla)
    • Greek: άρκλα (árkla)

References

  • arcula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arcula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • arcula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • arcula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • arcula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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