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Webster 1913 Edition
Nubecula
‖
Nu-bec′u-la
,Noun.
pl.
Nubeculae
(-lē)
. [L., dim. of
nubes
cloud.] 1.
(Astron.)
(a)
A nebula.
(b)
pl.
Specifically, the Magellanic clouds.
2.
(Med.)
(a)
A slight spot on the cornea.
(b)
A cloudy object or appearance in urine.
Dunglison.
Definition 2024
nubecula
nubecula
English
Noun
nubecula (plural nubeculae)
- (astronomy) A nebula; specifically, the Magellanic Clouds.
- (medicine) A slight spot on the cornea.
- (medicine) A cloudy object or appearance in urine.
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Latin
Noun
nūbēcula f (genitive nūbēculae); first declension (Diminutive of: nūbēs)
- cloudlet
- dark spot
- troubled expression
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nūbēcula | nūbēculae |
| genitive | nūbēculae | nūbēculārum |
| dative | nūbēculae | nūbēculīs |
| accusative | nūbēculam | nūbēculās |
| ablative | nūbēculā | nūbēculīs |
| vocative | nūbēcula | nūbēculae |
References
- nubecula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nubecula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nubecula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.