membranula

Latin

Etymology

From membrāna (“skin, membrane”) +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /memˈbraː.nu.la/, [mɛmˈbräːnʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /memˈbra.nu.la/, [memˈbräːnulä]

Noun

membrānula f (genitive membrānulae); first declension

1. a little skin or membrane
2. (by extension) parchment
3. (by extension, usually in the plural) document, something written on parchment

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	membrānula	membrānulae
Genitive	membrānulae	membrānulārum
Dative	membrānulae	membrānulīs
Accusative	membrānulam	membrānulās
Ablative	membrānulā	membrānulīs
Vocative	membrānula	membrānulae

Related terms

• membrāna
• membrānāceus
• membrānārius
• membrāneus

References

• “membranula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “membranula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• membranula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• membranula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.