canicula
See also: Canicula, canícula, and caniculă
Latin
Etymology
From canis (“dog”) + -cula. The sense ‘dogfish, shark’ is probably a calque of Ancient Greek σκύλιον (skúlion).
Noun
canīcula f (genitive canīculae); first declension
- Diminutive of canis
- little dog
- dogfish, shark
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | canīcula | canīculae |
| Genitive | canīculae | canīculārum |
| Dative | canīculae | canīculīs |
| Accusative | canīculam | canīculās |
| Ablative | canīculā | canīculīs |
| Vocative | canīcula | canīculae |
Derived terms
- Canīcula (“Dog Star”)
- canīculāris
Descendants
Inherited:
- French: chenille (“caterpillar”)
- → Catalan: xenilla
- → English: chenille
- → Italian: ciniglia
- → Romanian: șenilă
- → Russian: шинель (šinelʹ)
- Galician: quenlla
- Spanish: canijo
Borrowed:
- → Catalan: canícula
- → French: canicule
- → Italian: canicola (“shark”)
- → Portuguese: canícula
- → Romanian: caniculă
- → Spanish: canícula
- → English: Canicula
- → Polish: kanikuła
- → Russian: кани́кулы (kaníkuly)
References
- “canicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “canicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- canicula 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)
- canicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kaˈnikula]
Noun
canicula f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of caniculă