cubula

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from cubus (a mass, quantity) +‎ -ula This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

cubula f (genitive cubulae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, rare) a kind of sacred cake
    • c. 303 CE, Arnobius, Against the Pagans 7.24:
      Quid fitilla, quid frumen, quid africia, quid gratilla, catumeum, conspolium, cubula? [....] Series vero, quae sequitur, liborum significantias continet
      What is the meaning of fitilla, frumen, africia, gratilla, catumeum, cumspolium, cubula? [....] while the series of names which follows denotes consecrated cakes.

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cubula cubulae
genitive cubulae cubulārum
dative cubulae cubulīs
accusative cubulam cubulās
ablative cubulā cubulīs
vocative cubula cubulae

References

c. 303 CE, Arnobius, Against the Pagans 7.24