securicula

English

Etymology

Latin secūricula.

Noun

securicula (plural securiculae)

  1. A little axe, or a votive offering in that form.

Latin

Etymology

From secūris + cula.

Pronunciation

Noun

secūricula f (genitive secūriculae); first declension

  1. little axe
  2. a component of a certain kind of cramping looking like an axe, called in Ancient Greek πελεκῖνος (pelekînos)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative secūricula secūriculae
Genitive secūriculae secūriculārum
Dative secūriculae secūriculīs
Accusative secūriculam secūriculās
Ablative secūriculā secūriculīs
Vocative secūricula secūriculae

References

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