caruncula
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”). Doublet of caruncle.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈɹʌŋ.kjəl.ə/
Noun edit
caruncula (plural carunculae)
References edit
- “caruncula”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From carō (“flesh”) + -cula (diminutive nominal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈrun.ku.la/, [käˈrʊŋkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈrun.ku.la/, [käˈruŋkulä]
Noun edit
caruncula f (genitive carunculae); first declension
- Diminutive of carō: little piece of flesh.
Inflection edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | caruncula | carunculae |
| Genitive | carunculae | carunculārum |
| Dative | carunculae | carunculīs |
| Accusative | carunculam | carunculās |
| Ablative | carunculā | carunculīs |
| Vocative | caruncula | carunculae |
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: carúncula
- → English: caruncula
- → Old French: caruncule
- → English: caruncle
- → Spanish: carúncula
References edit
- “caruncula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caruncula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.