fuscinula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of fuscina (“trident, three-pronged spear”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fusˈki.nu.la/, [fʊs̠ˈkɪnʊɫ̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fuʃˈʃi.nu.la/, [fuʃˈʃiːnulä]

Noun

fuscinula f (genitive fuscinulae); first declension

A small three-pronged fork; flesh hook, fish hook.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fuscinula	fuscinulae
Genitive	fuscinulae	fuscinulārum
Dative	fuscinulae	fuscinulīs
Accusative	fuscinulam	fuscinulās
Ablative	fuscinulā	fuscinulīs
Vocative	fuscinula	fuscinulae

See also

fascina

References

“fuscinula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
fuscinula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
The Bible: 1 Samuel, Chapter 2 . URL accessed on 2009-05-20.

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