matercula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from māter (“mother”) +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /maːˈter.ku.la/, [mäːˈt̪ɛrkʊɫ̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈter.ku.la/, [mäˈt̪ɛrkulä]

Noun

mātercula f (genitive māterculae); first declension

  1. Diminutive of māter
  2. (endearing) little mother

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mātercula māterculae
Genitive māterculae māterculārum
Dative māterculae māterculīs
Accusative māterculam māterculās
Ablative māterculā māterculīs
Vocative mātercula māterculae

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