febricula

See also: febrícula

English

Etymology

From Latin febrīcula.

Noun

febricula (plural febriculas or febriculae)

A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.

Latin

Etymology

From febris (“fever”) +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

febrīcula f (genitive febrīculae); first declension

a slight fever

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	febrīcula	febrīculae
genitive	febrīculae	febrīculārum
dative	febrīculae	febrīculīs
accusative	febrīculam	febrīculās
ablative	febrīculā	febrīculīs
vocative	febrīcula	febrīculae

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: febrícula
→ English: febricula
Galician: febrícula
Italian: febbricola
Portuguese: febrícula
Spanish: febrícula

References

“febricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“febricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
febricula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.