vallicula

Latin

Alternative forms

• vallecula (post-classical)

Etymology

From vallis (“a valley, vale”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯alˈli.ku.la/, [u̯älˈlʲɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /valˈli.ku.la/, [välˈliːkulä]

Noun

vallicula f (genitive valliculae); first declension

1. Diminutive of vallis: a glen, dell (little valley)

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vallicula	valliculae
Genitive	valliculae	valliculārum
Dative	valliculae	valliculīs
Accusative	valliculam	valliculās
Ablative	valliculā	valliculīs
Vocative	vallicula	valliculae

Descendants

• Galician: Valella (place name)
• Romanian: vâlcea

References

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