fitilla

== Latin == === Etymology === Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”), the root of fingō (“to shape, form”). Likely cognate to Umbrian 𐌚𐌉𐌊𐌋𐌀 (fikla) / ficla, derived from *dʰigʰ-tlā-, with the feminine version of the instrument noun suffix *-tlom. The regular outcome of *dʰiǵʰt- in Latin is fict- (compare fictus), so fītilla may represent a dialectal form of *fictilla. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fiːˈtɪl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fiˈtil.la] === Noun === fītilla f (genitive fītillae); first declension A kind of pottage, porridge or gruel used at sacrifices Hypernym: puls ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === === Further reading === “fitilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fitilla”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.