vesicula

See also: vesícula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēsīcula. Doublet of vesicle.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə

Noun

vesicula (plural vesiculae)

  1. (biology, medicine) Synonym of vesicle (small blister).
    Hypernym: blister
    Coordinate term: bulla

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vesicula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of vēsīca.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯eːˈsiː.ku.la/, [u̯eːˈs̠iːkʊɫ̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /veˈsi.ku.la/, [veˈs̬iːkulä]

Noun

vēsīcula f (genitive vēsīculae); first declension

  1. Little bladder.
  2. Blister (which is like a little bladder as a small sac of fluid).

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vēsīcula vēsīculae
Genitive vēsīculae vēsīculārum
Dative vēsīculae vēsīculīs
Accusative vēsīculam vēsīculās
Ablative vēsīculā vēsīculīs
Vocative vēsīcula vēsīculae

Descendants

References
  • “vesicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vesicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vesicula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • vesicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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