fuscinula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of fuscina (“trident, three-pronged spear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fʊsˈkɪ.nʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fuʃˈʃiː.nu.la]

Noun

fuscinula f (genitive fuscinulae); first declension

1. A small three-pronged fork; flesh hook, fish hook.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fuscinula	fuscinulae
genitive	fuscinulae	fuscinulārum
dative	fuscinulae	fuscinulīs
accusative	fuscinulam	fuscinulās
ablative	fuscinulā	fuscinulīs
vocative	fuscinula	fuscinulae

See also

• fascina

References

• “fuscinula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fuscinula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• The Bible: 1 Samuel, Chapter 2 . URL accessed on 2009-05-20.