ovicula
Latin
Alternative forms
- ovecula
Etymology
Diminutive from ovis (“sheep”) + -cula; stem ovis from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈu̯i.ku.la/, [oˈu̯ɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈvi.ku.la/, [oˈviːkulä]
Noun
ovicula f (genitive oviculae); first declension
- Diminutive of ovis; little sheep
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ovicula | oviculae |
| Genitive | oviculae | oviculārum |
| Dative | oviculae | oviculīs |
| Accusative | oviculam | oviculās |
| Ablative | oviculā | oviculīs |
| Vocative | ovicula | oviculae |
Related terms
- oviārius
- ovīle
- ovīliō
- ovīlis
- ovillīnus
- ovillus
- ovīnus
- ovis
Descendants
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: oeille ⇒ oaille (influenced by the suffix -aille)
- Angevin: oueille
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: oueille, ouille
- Bourguignon: oueille, voueille, oille, ouille
- French: ouaille
- Gallo: oveille, oueille
- Lorrain: ouille
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: oueille
- Tourangeau: ouighlĕ
- Old French: oeille ⇒ oaille (influenced by the suffix -aille)
- Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: oveylla, oveila, ovela, oveya, hoveila, hovela, hovella, auvella, euveya, obella
- Catalan: ovella, oveia, auvella, ouvella, auveia, auvea, aovella, uella, güella, auella; avolla, avoia, voia
- Gascon: oelha, aulha, avelha, òlha, agoelha, goelha, auelha
- Old Occitan: ovella, oelha
- Auvergnat: oelha, olha
- Languedocien: oelha
- Limousin: ovelha, oelha (Marchois), olha (Bas-Limousin)
- Old Catalan: oveylla, oveila, ovela, oveya, hoveila, hovela, hovella, auvella, euveya, obella
- Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: ovella, uella
- Asturian: oveya
- Mirandese: oubeilha
- Old Portuguese: ovella
- Galician: ovella
- Portuguese: ovelha
- Old Spanish: oueja, ouega, oueia
- Ladino: oveja
- Spanish: oveja
- Vulgar Latin: *ovucula
- Catalan: avolla, avoia, voia
- Borrowings:
- →? Lusitanian: oilam
References
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 173: “brebis” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- Petit Atles Lingüístic del Domini Català 6 'ovella'
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ŏvĭcula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 446
Further reading
- “ovicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ovicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette