Latin edit

Etymology edit

From cicera +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix), from cicer.

Noun edit

cicercula f (genitive cicerculae); first declension

  1. A small variety of chickpea

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cicercula cicerculae
Genitive cicerculae cicerculārum
Dative cicerculae cicerculīs
Accusative cicerculam cicerculās
Ablative cicerculā cicerculīs
Vocative cicercula cicerculae

Descendants edit

  • Italian: cicerchia
  • Old Spanish: cizercha

References edit

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