capsella

See also: Capsella

Latin

Etymology

From capsula (“a small box, case”) +‎ -la (diminutive suffix).

Noun

capsella f (genitive capsellae); first declension

1. diminutive of capsa (“box, chest”): small box or coffer

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	capsella	capsellae
Genitive	capsellae	capsellārum
Dative	capsellae	capsellīs
Accusative	capsellam	capsellās
Ablative	capsellā	capsellīs
Vocative	capsella	capsellae

Descendants

• Galician: cousela, couselo
• Translingual: Capsella

References

• “capsella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capsella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• capsella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.