English

Noun

birotula ‎(plural birotulas or birotulae)

1. A microsclere that has a straight shaft and umbrella-shaped ends

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from birota ‎(“bicycle”) +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classicistic) IPA^(key): [bi.ˈro.tu.la].

Noun

birotula f ‎(genitive birotulae); first declension

1. (New Latin) A small bicycle.
   • 1901, Marcel Foucault, De somniis observationes et cogitationes, p. 37:

     Ille enim, qui hoc somnium notavit, revera pridie officinam fabri cuiusdam intraverat, cum amico quodam, ut aliquid in amici birotula reficeretur.

   • 1953, Latinitas, Vol. 1, p. 39:

     Birotularum certamen.

   • 1998, Boris and Christine Prem, Latein: Grammatik: Formen und Strukturen erkennen und übersetzen, p. 53:

     Emilio parentes implorat, ut birotulam novam ei donent.

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• birota