fornacula
Latin
Etymology
From fornāx (“furnace, oven, kiln”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /forˈnaː.ku.la/, [fɔrˈnäːkʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /forˈna.ku.la/, [forˈnäːkulä]
Noun
fornācula f (genitive fornāculae); first declension
- Diminutive of fornāx: little oven
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fornācula | fornāculae |
| Genitive | fornāculae | fornāculārum |
| Dative | fornāculae | fornāculīs |
| Accusative | fornāculam | fornāculās |
| Ablative | fornāculā | fornāculīs |
| Vocative | fornācula | fornāculae |
Descendants
- Galician: fornalla
- Italian: fornacchia
- Portuguese: fornalha
References
- “fornacula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fornacula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fornacula 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)
- fornacula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette