barbula

See also: Barbula

Latin

Etymology

From barba (“beard”) +‎ -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.bu.la/, [ˈbärbʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.bu.la/, [ˈbärbulä]

Nomen

barbula f (genitive barbulae); first declension

1. diminutive of barba (“beard”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	barbula	barbulae
Genitive	barbulae	barbulārum
Dative	barbulae	barbulīs
Accusative	barbulam	barbulās
Ablative	barbulā	barbulīs
Vocative	barbula	barbulae

Descendants

• English: barbule
• French: barbelé
• Italian: barbula
• Old French: barbel
• Romanian: barbur ("cutting-edge”)

References

• “barbula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “barbula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• barbula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• barbula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “barbula”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray