ficedula

See also: Ficedula

Latin

Etymology

fīcus (fig) +‎ ed-, stem of edō (to eat) + -ula, feminine of -ulus; literally "little fig-eater".

Pronunciation

Noun

fīcedula f (genitive fīcedulae); first declension

  1. a figpecker (Sylvia hortensis); beccafico

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative fīcedula fīcedulae
genitive fīcedulae fīcedulārum
dative fīcedulae fīcedulīs
accusative fīcedulam fīcedulās
ablative fīcedulā fīcedulīs
vocative fīcedula fīcedulae

References

  • ficedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ficedula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers