secula
English edit
Noun edit
secula
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Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From secō (“to cut, cleave”) + -ula. Formation like tēgula and rēgula.
Noun edit
sēcula f (genitive sēculae); first declension
- a sickle
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sēcula | sēculae |
| Genitive | sēculae | sēculārum |
| Dative | sēculae | sēculīs |
| Accusative | sēculam | sēculās |
| Ablative | sēculā | sēculīs |
| Vocative | sēcula | sēculae |
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “secula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- secula 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)
- secula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “secō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551
Etymology 2 edit
From saeclum.
Noun edit
sēcula