fidiculae

Latin

Alternative forms

• fidicula

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin fidēs

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culae

Latin fidiculae

From fidēs (“chord”) + -culae (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɪˈdɪ.kʊ.ɫae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fiˈdiː.ku.le]

Noun

fidiculae f pl (genitive fidiculārum); first declension

1. a small stringed instrument, a small lute or cithern

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	fidiculae
genitive	fidiculārum
dative	fidiculīs
accusative	fidiculās
ablative	fidiculīs
vocative	fidiculae

References

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