cicindela
See also: Cicindela
Latin
Etymology
From reduplicated stem of candeō (“shine, glitter; glow”) + -ēla.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ki.kinˈdeː.la/, [kɪkɪn̪ˈd̪eːɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃinˈde.la/, [t͡ʃit͡ʃin̪ˈd̪ɛːlä]
Noun
cicindēla f (genitive cicindēlae); first declension
- a firefly, glowworm
- (figuratively) a candle
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cicindēla | cicindēlae |
| Genitive | cicindēlae | cicindēlārum |
| Dative | cicindēlae | cicindēlīs |
| Accusative | cicindēlam | cicindēlās |
| Ablative | cicindēlā | cicindēlīs |
| Vocative | cicindēla | cicindēlae |
Synonyms
- (glowworm): lampȳris
- (candle): candēla
Related terms
- candefaciō
- candēla
- candēlābrārius
- candēns
- candentia
- candeō
- candescō
- candicō
- candidus
- candificō
- candor
Descendants
- Translingual: Cicindela
- French: cicindèle
References
- “cicindela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cicindela 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)
- cicindela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette