cerula

Italian

Adjective

cerula

1. feminine singular of cerulo

Anagrams

• Lucera, calure, curale, lucerà, ulcera

Latin

Etymology

cēra (“wax”) +‎ -ula

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.ru.la/, [ˈkeːrʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.ru.la/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːrulä]

Noun

cērula f (genitive cērulae); first declension

1. a small piece of wax, especially one used to strike out objectionable passages in books

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cērula	cērulae
genitive	cērulae	cērulārum
dative	cērulae	cērulīs
accusative	cērulam	cērulās
ablative	cērulā	cērulīs
vocative	cērula	cērulae

References

• “cerula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cerula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers