furcilla
Latin
Etymology
furca + -illus.
Noun
furcilla f (genitive furcillae); first declension
- Diminutive of furca (“fork”)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | furcilla | furcillae |
| Genitive | furcillae | furcillārum |
| Dative | furcillae | furcillīs |
| Accusative | furcillam | furcillās |
| Ablative | furcillā | furcillīs |
| Vocative | furcilla | furcillae |
Descendants
- Italian: forcella
- Romanian: furcea
- Sicilian: furciḍḍa
References
- “furcilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “furcilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- furcilla 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)
- furcilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette