vallicula

== English == === Noun === vallicula (plural valliculae) Alternative form of vallecula. == Latin == === Alternative forms === vallēcula (post-classical) === Etymology === From vallis (“a valley, vale”) + -cula (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [walˈlɪ.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [valˈliː.ku.la] === Noun === vallicula f (genitive valliculae); first declension diminutive of vallis: a glen, dell (little valley) ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “vallicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vallicula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.