egula

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe related to Ancient Greek ἀχλύς (akhlús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɡu.la/, [ˈɛɡʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɡu.la/, [ˈɛːɡulä]

Noun

egula f (genitive egulae); first declension (hapax)

1. A kind of sulphur
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.50.175

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	egula	egulae
Genitive	egulae	egulārum
Dative	egulae	egulīs
Accusative	egulam	egulās
Ablative	egulā	egulīs
Vocative	egula	egulae

References

• “egula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• egula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “egula” in volume V 2, column 296, line 36 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present