offula

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive of offa.

Noun

offula f (genitive offulae); first declension

  1. a small bit
  2. a bite to eat

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative offula offulae
genitive offulae offulārum
dative offulae offulīs
accusative offulam offulās
ablative offulā offulīs
vocative offula offulae

Descendants

  • ⇒ Latin: in offulā
    • Neapolitan: gnuòffelo, guòffolo
    • → Albanian: nofull

References

  • “offula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "offula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • offula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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