aedicula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aedicula.

Noun

aedicula (plural aediculae)

1. (art) A painted framed niche giving the appearance of depth.
2. A small shrine.

Translations

painted framed niche

• Polish: aedicula (pl) f, edykuł (pl) m
• Portuguese: edícula (pt) f

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from aedēs (“a dwelling, sanctuary”) +‎ -cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈdi.ku.la/, [äe̯ˈd̪ɪkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈdi.ku.la/, [eˈd̪iːkulä]

Noun

aedicula f (genitive aediculae); first declension

1. diminutive of aedēs
2. a small temple; chapel
3. a small house or room

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aedicula	aediculae
genitive	aediculae	aediculārum
dative	aediculae	aediculīs
accusative	aediculam	aediculās
ablative	aediculā	aediculīs
vocative	aedicula	aediculae

Synonyms

• (small temple): sacellum

Related terms

• aedēs
• aedifex
• aedificātiō
• aedificātiuncula
• aedificātor
• aedificātōrius
• aedificiālis
• aedificium
• aedificō

 

Descendants

• → English: aedicula
• → Portuguese: edícula
• Italian: edicola
• Spanish: edículo

See also

• larārium

References

• “aedicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aedicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aedicula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aedicula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “aedicula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin aedicula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈdi.ku.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ikula
• Syllabification: ae‧di‧cu‧la

Noun

aedicula f

1. (architecture) aedicula

   Synonym: edykuł

Declension

Declension of aedicula

	singular	plural
nominative	aedicula	aedicule
genitive	aediculi	aedicul
dative	aediculi	aediculom
accusative	aediculę	aedicule
instrumental	aediculą	aediculami
locative	aediculi	aediculach
vocative	aediculo	aedicule

Further reading

• aedicula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• aedicula in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego