faecula

== Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive noun of faex (“sediment”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfae̯.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛː.ku.la] === Noun === faecula f (genitive faeculae); first declension tartar deposited in a form of a crust by wine ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: fècula → English: fecula → Ancient Greek: φέκλη (phéklē) Italian: fecola Portuguese: fécula Spanish: fécula === References === “faecula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “faecula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.