febricula

See also: febrícula

English

Etymology

From Latin febrīcula.

Noun

febricula (plural febriculas or febriculae)

1. A mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology.

Latin

Etymology

From febris (“fever”) +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɛˈbriː.kʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [feˈbriː.ku.la]

Noun

febrīcula f (genitive febrīculae); first declension

1. a slight fever

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	febrīcula	febrīculae
genitive	febrīculae	febrīculārum
dative	febrīculae	febrīculīs
accusative	febrīculam	febrīculās
ablative	febrīculā	febrīculīs
vocative	febrīcula	febrīculae

Derived terms

• febrīculentus
• febrīculōsus

Descendants

• Catalan: febrícula
• → English: febricula
• Galician: febrícula
• Italian: febbricola
• Portuguese: febrícula
• Spanish: febrícula

References

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