caecilia

See also: Caecilia and Cäcilia

Latin

Etymology

From caecus (“blind”).

Noun

caecilia f (genitive caeciliae); first declension

1. A kind of lizard
2. A kind of lettuce

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caecilia	caeciliae
Genitive	caeciliae	caeciliārum
Dative	caeciliae	caeciliīs
Accusative	caeciliam	caeciliās
Ablative	caeciliā	caeciliīs
Vocative	caecilia	caeciliae

Descendants

• Italian: cicigna
• Translingual: Caecilia

References

• “caecilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caecilia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.