"acicula" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [aˈkɪ.kʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [aˈt͡ʃiː.ku.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Diminutive of acus (“needle”) + -cula. Etymology templates: {{affix|la|acus|-culus|alt2=-cula|gloss1=needle}} acus (“needle”) + -cula Head templates: {{la-noun|acicula<1>}} acicula f (genitive aciculae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|acicula<1>}} Forms: aciculae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], acicula [nominative, singular], aciculae [nominative, plural], aciculae [genitive, singular], aciculārum [genitive, plural], aciculae [dative, singular], aciculīs [dative, plural], aciculam [accusative, singular], aciculās [accusative, plural], aciculā [ablative, singular], aciculīs [ablative, plural], acicula [singular, vocative], aciculae [plural, vocative]
  1. a hairpin or hatpin Tags: declension-1, feminine Related terms: acia, acus, acicularis

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "acícula",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: acícula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: acícula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "acicula",
            "3": "acicule",
            "4": "aciculum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: acicula, acicule, aciculum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: acicula, acicule, aciculum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "acicule",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: acicule",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: acicule"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "acicula",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: acicula (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: acicula (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "acícula",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: acícula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: acícula"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "acus",
        "3": "-culus",
        "alt2": "-cula",
        "gloss1": "needle"
      },
      "expansion": "acus (“needle”) + -cula",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Diminutive of acus (“needle”) + -cula.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aciculae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acicula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acicula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acicula<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "acicula f (genitive aciculae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acicula<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -culus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hairpin or hatpin"
      ],
      "id": "en-acicula-la-noun-s-Ui03D6",
      "links": [
        [
          "hairpin",
          "hairpin"
        ],
        [
          "hatpin",
          "hatpin"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "acia"
        },
        {
          "word": "acus"
        },
        {
          "word": "acicularis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈkɪ.kʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈt͡ʃiː.ku.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acicula"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "acícula",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: acícula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: acícula"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "acicula",
            "3": "acicule",
            "4": "aciculum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: acicula, acicule, aciculum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: acicula, acicule, aciculum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "acicule",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: acicule",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: acicule"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "acicula",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: acicula (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: acicula (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "acícula",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: acícula",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: acícula"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "acus",
        "3": "-culus",
        "alt2": "-cula",
        "gloss1": "needle"
      },
      "expansion": "acus (“needle”) + -cula",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Diminutive of acus (“needle”) + -cula.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aciculae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acicula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acicula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aciculae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acicula<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "acicula f (genitive aciculae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acicula<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "acia"
    },
    {
      "word": "acus"
    },
    {
      "word": "acicularis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin diminutive nouns",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -culus",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hairpin or hatpin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hairpin",
          "hairpin"
        ],
        [
          "hatpin",
          "hatpin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈkɪ.kʊ.ɫa]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈt͡ʃiː.ku.la]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acicula"
}

Download raw JSONL data for acicula meaning in Latin (3.3kB)

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