subucula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subucula.

Noun

subucula (plural subuculae)

  1. (historical) A man's undergarment or shirt.
  2. (historical) In the early English church, a kind of cassock worn under the alb.

Latin

Etymology

Related to Latin induō and exuō.

Noun

subūcula f (genitive subūculae); first declension

  1. shirt (worn under a tunic etc.)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative subūcula subūculae
Genitive subūculae subūculārum
Dative subūculae subūculīs
Accusative subūculam subūculās
Ablative subūculā subūculīs
Vocative subūcula subūculae

References
  • “subucula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “subucula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • subucula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “subucula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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