coticula
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koːˈti.ku.la/, [koːˈt̪ɪkʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈti.ku.la/, [koˈt̪iːkulä]
Noun edit
cōticula f (genitive cōticulae); first declension
- a touchstone
- a small stone mortar for medical use
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.140:
- etiam pateras, staticula, equorum ornamenta inde medicisque coticulas faciunt
- and from them also are made dishes, statuettes, horse-trappings and small mortars for the use of pharmacists
- etiam pateras, staticula, equorum ornamenta inde medicisque coticulas faciunt
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cōticula | cōticulae |
| Genitive | cōticulae | cōticulārum |
| Dative | cōticulae | cōticulīs |
| Accusative | cōticulam | cōticulās |
| Ablative | cōticulā | cōticulīs |
| Vocative | cōticula | cōticulae |
References edit
- “coticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coticula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.