avicula

== Latin == === Etymology === From avis (“bird”) +‎ -cula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈwɪ.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈviː.ku.la] === Noun === avicula f (genitive aviculae); first declension diminutive of avis: small bird ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: avícula (learned) === References === “avicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “avicula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.