faecula

See also: fæcula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive noun of faex (“sediment”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfae̯.ku.la/, [ˈfäe̯kʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ku.la/, [ˈfɛːkulä]

Noun

faecula f (genitive faeculae); first declension

1. tartar deposited in a form of a crust by wine

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	faecula	faeculae
genitive	faeculae	faeculārum
dative	faeculae	faeculīs
accusative	faeculam	faeculās
ablative	faeculā	faeculīs
vocative	faecula	faeculae

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: φέκλη (phéklē)
• English: fecula
• Italian: fecola
• Portuguese: fécula
• Spanish: fécula

References

• “faecula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• faecula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.