acicula

See also: acícula

English

Etymology

Latin acicula (“pin for a head-dress”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə

Noun

acicula (plural aciculas or aciculae)

1. One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

Synonyms

• acicle

Translations

needlelike spine of some animals and plants

• Portuguese: acícula f

Further reading

• “acicula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin acicula (“hairpin”), diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/
• Rhymes: -ikula
• Hyphenation: a‧cì‧cu‧la

Noun

acicula f (plural acicule)

1. shepherd's needle (Scandix pecten-veneris)

   Synonym: spillettoni m pl

2. (zoology) acicula

Related terms

• aciculare
• aciculato
• ago

 

Further reading

• acicula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• acculai, aluccia

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of acus (“needle”) +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈki.ku.la/, [äˈkɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/, [äˈt͡ʃiːkulä]

Noun

acicula f (genitive aciculae); first declension

1. a hairpin or hatpin

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acicula	aciculae
Genitive	aciculae	aciculārum
Dative	aciculae	aciculīs
Accusative	aciculam	aciculās
Ablative	aciculā	aciculīs
Vocative	acicula	aciculae

Related terms

• acia
• acus
• acicularis

Descendants

• → English: acicula
• → Italian: acicula (learned)
• → Portuguese: acícula

References

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