pinnula

English

Etymology

From Latin pinnula.

Noun

pinnula (plural pinnulas or pinnulae)

  1. A pinnule or subleaflet.

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of pinna.

Noun

pinnula f (genitive pinnulae); first declension

  1. small wing, or plume of feathers
  2. small fin

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pinnula pinnulae
genitive pinnulae pinnulārum
dative pinnulae pinnulīs
accusative pinnulam pinnulās
ablative pinnulā pinnulīs
vocative pinnula pinnulae

Descendants

  • Spanish: péñola

References

  • “pinnula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pinnula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pinnula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pinnula in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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