coticula

coticula

Latin

Etymology

From cōs +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koːˈti.ku.la/, [koːˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈti.ku.la/, [koˈt̪iːkulä]

Noun

cōticula f (genitive cōticulae); first declension

1. a touchstone
2. a small stone mortar for medical use
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.140:

     etiam pateras, staticula, equorum ornamenta inde medicisque coticulas faciunt

     and from them also are made dishes, statuettes, horse-trappings and small mortars for the use of pharmacists

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōticula	cōticulae
Genitive	cōticulae	cōticulārum
Dative	cōticulae	cōticulīs
Accusative	cōticulam	cōticulās
Ablative	cōticulā	cōticulīs
Vocative	cōticula	cōticulae

References

• “coticula”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “coticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coticula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette