anaticula

== Latin == === Etymology === From anas (“duck”) (stem anat-) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.naˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.naˈtiː.ku.la] === Noun === anaticula f (genitive anaticulae); first declension diminutive of anas: duckling (figuratively) duckie (term of endearment) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: nadilla Italian: naticchia === References === “anaticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “anaticula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers