ancillula

English

Etymology

Latin ancillula, diminutive of ancilla ‘handmaid’, a feminine diminutive of anculus ‘servant’.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ænˈsɪljʊlə/

Noun

ancillula (plural ancillulas)

  1. a slave girl, a servant-girl
    • 1962: I at once telephoned. The Shades were out, said the cheeky ancillula, an obnoxious little fan who came to cook for them on Sundays and no doubt dreamt of getting the old poet to cuddle her some wifeless day. — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈkil.lu.la/, [aŋˈkɪl.lʊ.ɫa]

Noun

ancillula f (genitive ancillulae); first declension

  1. young female slave or servant

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ancillula ancillulae
Genitive ancillulae ancillulārum
Dative ancillulae ancillulīs
Accusative ancillulam ancillulās
Ablative ancillulā ancillulīs
Vocative ancillula ancillulae

References
  • ancillula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ancillula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ancillula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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