tunicula

Latin

Etymology

From tunica (tunic) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

tunicula f (genitive tuniculae); first declension

  1. a small tunic
  2. a little coat, skin, or membrane
  3. (New Latin) a T-shirt

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tunicula tuniculae
genitive tuniculae tuniculārum
dative tuniculae tuniculīs
accusative tuniculam tuniculās
ablative tuniculā tuniculīs
vocative tunicula tuniculae

Descendants

  • English:
    • English: tunicle

References

  • tunicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "tunicula", 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)
  • tunicula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Traupman, John. (2007). Latin and English Dictionary. Ed. tertia. New York: Bantam Dell. →ISBN.