"veretilla" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latin]

IPA: /u̯e.reːˈtil.la/ [Classical], [u̯ɛreːˈt̪ɪlːʲä] [Classical], /ve.reˈtil.la/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [vereˈt̪ilːä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From verētrum (“penis; genitals”) + -lus (diminutive suffix). As it is first attested in Apuleius, it may have been a neologism coined by him, possibly intended as a translation of Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “glans, penis”), to refer to a type of shellfish that visually resembled a human penis. Editors differ on whether the passage where this word occurs should be read with feminine singular accusative "veretillam" or neuter singular accusative "veretillum", or even neuter plural accusative "veretilla". If the feminine form "veretillam" is correct, there is a change in gender from the neuter base word verētrum. In principle, such gender changes may proceed by means of mistaking neuter plural forms such as verētra/verētilla for nominative feminine singular forms; however, per Adams, verētrum was generally used in the singular, unlike similar euphemisms such as verenda, verendōrum, so this may be a less likely route of gender change for this word than for others. The vocalism in -ill- is uncommon for a diminutive built on a -ro-stem noun with assimilation of -rl- to -ll-: the expected formation would be in -ell-. Strodach suggests the form was possibly influenced by analogy with a diminutive pēnicillus, from pēniculus in the meaning "penis". Etymology templates: {{af|la|verētrum|-lus|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=penis; genitals}} verētrum (“penis; genitals”) + -lus (diminutive suffix), {{m|grc|βάλανος|t=glans, penis}} βάλανος (bálanos, “glans, penis”), {{m|la|verētrum}} verētrum, {{m|la||verētrum}} verētrum, {{m|la|pēnicillus}} pēnicillus, {{m|la|pēniculus}} pēniculus Head templates: {{la-noun|verētilla<1>}} verētilla f (genitive verētillae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|verētilla<1>}} Forms: verētilla [canonical, feminine], verētillae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], verētilla [nominative, singular], verētillae [nominative, plural], verētillae [genitive, singular], verētillārum [genitive, plural], verētillae [dative, singular], verētillīs [dative, plural], verētillam [accusative, singular], verētillās [accusative, plural], verētillā [ablative, singular], verētillīs [ablative, plural], verētilla [singular, vocative], verētillae [plural, vocative]
  1. name of some marine organism Tags: declension-1

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          "text": "et fortasse an peracute repperisse vobis videbamini, ut quaesisse me fingeretis ad illecebras magicas duo haec marina, veretillam et virginal; disce enim nomina rerum Latina, quae propterea varie nominai, ut denuo instructus accuses"
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