faecula

See also: fæcula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive noun of faex (“sediment”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfae̯.kʊ.ɫa]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛː.ku.la]

Noun

faecula f (genitive faeculae); first declension

tartar deposited in a form of a crust by wine

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	faecula	faeculae
genitive	faeculae	faeculārum
dative	faeculae	faeculīs
accusative	faeculam	faeculās
ablative	faeculā	faeculīs
vocative	faecula	faeculae

Descendants

Catalan: fècula
→ English: fecula
→ Ancient Greek: φέκλη (phéklē)
Italian: fecola
Portuguese: fécula
Spanish: fécula

References

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