canicula

See also: Canicula, canícula, and caniculă

Latin

Etymology

From canis (“dog”) +‎ -cula. The sense ‘dogfish, shark’ is probably a calque of Ancient Greek σκύλιον (skúlion).

Noun

canīcula f (genitive canīculae); first declension

  1. diminutive of canis
  2. little dog
  3. dogfish, shark

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative canīcula canīculae
Genitive canīculae canīculārum
Dative canīculae canīculīs
Accusative canīculam canīculās
Ablative canīculā canīculīs
Vocative canīcula canīculae

Derived terms

Descendants

References
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