necydalus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεκύδαλος (nekúdalos).

Noun

necydalus m (genitive necydalī); second declension

1. The larva of the silkworm

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	necydalus	necydalī
Genitive	necydalī	necydalōrum
Dative	necydalō	necydalīs
Accusative	necydalum	necydalōs
Ablative	necydalō	necydalīs
Vocative	necydale	necydalī

References

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