animula

== Italian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin animula, diminutive of anima (“soul”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈni.mu.la/ Rhymes: -imula Hyphenation: a‧nì‧mu‧la === Noun === animula f (plural animule) (literary) diminutive of anima: a small or little soul (literary, figurative) a sensitive person (archaeology) a depiction of a deceased's soul ==== Related terms ==== anima === Further reading === animula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === manuali == Latin == === Etymology === From anima (“soul, spirit”) + -ula. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈnɪ.mʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈniː.mu.la] === Noun === animula f (genitive animulae); first declension a small soul, spirit, life ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== anima ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: animula (learned) → Translingual: Animula === References === “animula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “animula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “animula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.