febricula

See also: febrícula

English

Etymology

From Latin febrīcula.

Noun

febricula (plural febriculas or febriculae)

A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.

Latin

Etymology

From febris (“fever”) +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /feˈbriː.ku.la/, [fɛˈbriːkʊɫ̪ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈbri.ku.la/, [feˈbriːkulä]

Noun

febrīcula f (genitive febrīculae); first declension

a slight fever

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	febrīcula	febrīculae
Genitive	febrīculae	febrīculārum
Dative	febrīculae	febrīculīs
Accusative	febrīculam	febrīculās
Ablative	febrīculā	febrīculīs
Vocative	febrīcula	febrīculae

Derived terms

febrīculentus

Descendants

Catalan: febrícula
→ English: febricula
Galician: febrícula
Italian: febbricola
Portuguese: febrícula
Spanish: febrícula

References

“febricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“febricula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
febricula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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