ancilla

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ancilla (“maid, slave-girl”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ænˈsɪ.lə/ Rhymes: -ɪlə === Noun === ancilla (plural ancillae) (rare) A maid. An auxiliary or accessory (computing) An ancilla bit ==== Related terms ==== ancillary === Anagrams === aclinal == Latin == === Etymology === From ancula (“maid”) +‎ -lus (diminutive form). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aŋˈkɪl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an̠ʲˈt͡ʃil.la] === Noun === ancilla f (genitive ancillae); first declension maid, slave-girl handmaiden ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ancillātus ancula ==== Descendants ==== Italian: ancella → English: ancilla === References === “ancilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ancilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "ancilla", 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) “ancilla”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “ancilla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “ancilla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin