butticula

Latin

Alternative forms

• būticula

Etymology

buttis +‎ cula.

Attested in the eighth-century Reichenau Glossary as buticulam.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /butˈti.ku.la/, [bʊt̪ˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /butˈti.ku.la/, [but̪ˈt̪iːkulä]

Noun

butticula f (genitive butticulae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. bottle, flask

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	butticula	butticulae
Genitive	butticulae	butticulārum
Dative	butticulae	butticulīs
Accusative	butticulam	butticulās
Ablative	butticulā	butticulīs
Vocative	butticula	butticulae

Descendants

Some Romance descendants may be borrowed from French.

• Romagnol: bòcia
• Franco-Provençal: botelye
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Dalmatian: botaila
  • Sicilian: buttigghia
• Old French: botele (see there for further descendants)
  • French: bouteille
  • → English: bottle
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: botella
  • Occitan: botelha
• Venetian: botìłia
• West Iberian
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Galician: botelha
    • Portuguese: botelha (see there for further descendants)
  • Spanish: botija (see there for further descendants)