See also: pílula

Latin

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Etymology

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Diminutive from pila (ball, globe) +‎ -ula, said to be ultimately related to pilus (hair), since the balls used in Ancient Roman games were filled with hair.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilula f (genitive pilulae); first declension

  1. A small ball, globule; pellet.
  2. (medicine) A pill.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pilula pilulae
Genitive pilulae pilulārum
Dative pilulae pilulīs
Accusative pilulam pilulās
Ablative pilulā pilulīs
Vocative pilula pilulae

Synonyms

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Descendants

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References

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  • pilula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pilula 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)
  • pilula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ pill”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pill”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.