cauponula
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of caupōna (“inn”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈpoː.nu.la/, [käu̯ˈpoːnʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈpo.nu.la/, [käu̯ˈpɔːnulä]
Noun edit
caupōnula f (genitive caupōnulae); first declension
- small inn
- 44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippicae 2.77:
- Cum hora diei decima fere ad Saxa rubra venisset, delituit in quadam cauponula
- At about the tenth hour of the day he had arrived at Red Rocks, he skulked into a small inn
- Cum hora diei decima fere ad Saxa rubra venisset, delituit in quadam cauponula
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | caupōnula | caupōnulae |
| Genitive | caupōnulae | caupōnulārum |
| Dative | caupōnulae | caupōnulīs |
| Accusative | caupōnulam | caupōnulās |
| Ablative | caupōnulā | caupōnulīs |
| Vocative | caupōnula | caupōnulae |
References edit
- “cauponula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cauponula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cauponula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- cauponula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016