panicula

See also: panícula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of pānus.

Noun

pānicula f (genitive pāniculae); first declension

1. tuft (on a plant); panicle
2. tuft of reeds used for thatch
3. swelling, tumour

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pānicula	pāniculae
genitive	pāniculae	pāniculārum
dative	pāniculae	pāniculīs
accusative	pāniculam	pāniculās
ablative	pāniculā	pāniculīs
vocative	pānicula	pāniculae

Descendants

• ⇒ Late Latin: pānucula (see there for further descendants)
• → Catalan: panícula
• → English: panicle
• → French: panicule
• → Italian: panicola, panicolo
• → Portuguese: panícula
• → Spanish: panícula

References

• “panicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "panicula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “panicula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.