hastula

== Latin == === Etymology === From hasta (“spear”) +‎ -ula (diminutive ending). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhas.tʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈas.tu.la] === Noun === hastula f (genitive hastulae); first declension (literally) little spear (figuratively) little branch ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== hastula rēgia === References === “hastula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hastula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.