fitilla
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”), the same root of fingō (“I shape, form”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fiˈtil.la/, [fɪˈt̪ɪlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈtil.la/, [fiˈt̪ilːä]
Noun edit
fitilla f (genitive fitillae); first declension
- A bowl used in sacrifices
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fitilla | fitillae |
| Genitive | fitillae | fitillārum |
| Dative | fitillae | fitillīs |
| Accusative | fitillam | fitillās |
| Ablative | fitillā | fitillīs |
| Vocative | fitilla | fitillae |
References edit
- “fitilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fitilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “dheigh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 244-245