fenestrula

Latin

Etymology

fenestra (“window”) +‎ -ula (“diminutive suffix”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /feˈnes.tru.la/, [fɛˈnɛs̠t̪rʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈnes.tru.la/, [feˈnɛst̪rulä]

Noun

fenestrula f (genitive fenestrulae); first declension

1. a small window

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fenestrula	fenestrulae
Genitive	fenestrulae	fenestrulārum
Dative	fenestrulae	fenestrulīs
Accusative	fenestrulam	fenestrulās
Ablative	fenestrulā	fenestrulīs
Vocative	fenestrula	fenestrulae

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Sicilian: finistrula

References

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