orcula

Latin

Etymology

From orca +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ku.la/, [ˈɔrkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ku.la/, [ˈɔrkulä]

Noun

orcula f (genitive orculae); first declension

1. Diminutive of orca: a small tun, a cask
   • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De agri cultura 117:

     In orculam calcato. Manibus siccis, cum uti voles, sumito.

     Press them out into an earthenware vessel and take them out with dry hands when you wish to serve them.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	orcula	orculae
Genitive	orculae	orculārum
Dative	orculae	orculīs
Accusative	orculam	orculās
Ablative	orculā	orculīs
Vocative	orcula	orculae

References

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