spinula

English

Noun

spinula (plural spinulae)

1. Alternative form of spinule

Anagrams

• Lupians, paulins

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin. Diminutive of spīna.

Noun

spīnula f (genitive spīnulae); first declension

1. diminutive of spīna (“thorn”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spīnula	spīnulae
Genitive	spīnulae	spīnulārum
Dative	spīnulae	spīnulīs
Accusative	spīnulam	spīnulās
Ablative	spīnulā	spīnulīs
Vocative	spīnula	spīnulae

Descendants

• English: spinule
• French: spinule
• Italian: spilla, spinula
• Sicilian: spiḍḍa
• Portuguese: espínula

References

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