monnula

Latin

Etymology

Probably a variant of nonnula, a diminutive of nonnus (“tutor, monk, grandparent”).[1] Similar sound changes took place with mespilus > Vulgar Latin *nespirum (> French nèfle), mappa > *nappa (> French nappe).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmon.nu.la/, [ˈmɔnːʊɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmon.nu.la/, [ˈmɔnːulä]

Noun

monnula f (genitive monnulae); first declension

A darling (term of endearment)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	monnula	monnulae
Genitive	monnulae	monnulārum
Dative	monnulae	monnulīs
Accusative	monnulam	monnulās
Ablative	monnulā	monnulīs
Vocative	monnula	monnulae

References

“monnula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
monnula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Classical Folia: Studies in the Christian Perpetuation of the Classics. (1946). United States: (n.p.), p. 17

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