acucula

== Latin == === Etymology === From acus (“needle”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix). Attested beginning in the fourth century CE. === Noun === acūcula f (genitive acūculae); first declension (Late Latin) small needle ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “acūcŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 118