caecilia

See also: Caecilia and Cäcilia

Latin

Etymology

From caecus (“blind”).

Noun

caecilia f (genitive caeciliae); first declension

  1. A kind of lizard
  2. A kind of lettuce

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caecilia caeciliae
Genitive caeciliae caeciliārum
Dative caeciliae caeciliīs
Accusative caeciliam caeciliās
Ablative caeciliā caeciliīs
Vocative caecilia caeciliae

Descendants
  • Italian: cicigna
  • Translingual: Caecilia

References
  • “caecilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caecilia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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