birotula
English edit
Noun edit
birotula (plural birotulas or birotulae)
- A microsclere that has a straight shaft and umbrella-shaped ends
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From birota (“bicycle”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /biˈro.tu.la/, [bɪˈrɔt̪ʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /biˈro.tu.la/, [biˈrɔːt̪ulä]
Noun edit
birotula f (genitive birotulae); first declension
- (New Latin) A small bicycle.
- 1901, Marcel Foucault, De somniis observationes et cogitationes, page 37:
- Ille enim, qui hoc somnium notavit, revera pridie officinam fabri cuiusdam intraverat, cum amico quodam, ut aliquid in amici birotula reficeretur.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1953, Latinitas, volume 1, page 39:
- Birotularum certamen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1998, Boris and Christine Prem, Latein: Grammatik: Formen und Strukturen erkennen und übersetzen, page 53:
- Emilio parentes implorat, ut birotulam novam ei donent.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | birotula | birotulae |
| Genitive | birotulae | birotulārum |
| Dative | birotulae | birotulīs |
| Accusative | birotulam | birotulās |
| Ablative | birotulā | birotulīs |
| Vocative | birotula | birotulae |