different between aedicula vs aedicule

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

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from aed?s (“a dwelling, sanctuary”) +? -cula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ae??di.ku.la/, [äe??d??k???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?di.ku.la/, [??d?i?kul?]

Noun

aedicula f (genitive aediculae); first declension

1. Diminutive of aed?s
2. a small temple; chapel
3. a small house or room

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (small temple): sacellum

Related terms

Descendants

• English: aedicula
• Portuguese: edícula
• Italian: edicola

See also

• lar?rium

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

English

Alternative forms

• ædicule (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aedicula (“small house”), diminutive of aed?s (“a house”) + -culus.

Noun

aedicule (plural aedicules)

1. A small house or room.