"cubula" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈkʊ.bʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkuː.bu.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Possibly a diminutive from cubus m (“a mass, quantity; a cube”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). If so, however, the change in gender from the base noun is unexpected. The name could possibly be based on the cake having a cubical shape. Etymology templates: {{suf|la|cubus<g:m><t:a mass, quantity; a cube>|-ulus<pos:diminutive suffix>}} cubus m (“a mass, quantity; a cube”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|cubula<1>}} cubula f (genitive cubulae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cubula<1>}} Forms: cubulae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cubula [nominative, singular], cubulae [nominative, plural], cubulae [genitive, singular], cubulārum [genitive, plural], cubulae [dative, singular], cubulīs [dative, plural], cubulam [accusative, singular], cubulās [accusative, plural], cubulā [ablative, singular], cubulīs [ablative, plural], cubula [singular, vocative], cubulae [plural, vocative]
  1. (Late Latin, rare) a kind of sacred cake Wikipedia link: fr:Jacques André Tags: Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine, rare
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          "translation": "What is the meaning of fitilla, frumen, africia, gratilla, catumeum, cumspolium, cubula? [....] while the series of names which follows denotes consecrated cakes: and the way they are shaped is not one and the same.",
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          "ref": "c. 303 CE, Arnobius, Against the Pagans 7.24",
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          "translation": "What is the meaning of fitilla, frumen, africia, gratilla, catumeum, cumspolium, cubula? [....] while the series of names which follows denotes consecrated cakes: and the way they are shaped is not one and the same.",
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