LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

animula

animula f (genitive animulae)
Classical[aˈnɪ.mʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[aˈniː.mu.la]

Meaning

  1. femininea small soul, spirit, life
    Animula vagula blandula, hospes comesque corporis, quae nunc abībis in loca pallidula, rigida, nūdula,Translation by Wikisource Little soul, wandering, pleasing, guest and companion of the body, which now go away in places pale, stiff, bare, and will not jest as you do...76 CE – 108 CE, Hadrianus, Carmina 3
    Has igitur rationes materialem necessitatem respicientes ita puto sufficere, ut hoc loco non existimem philosophandum de perfectione et pulrhritudine vel nobilitate figurae rhombicae: neque satagendum, ut essentia animulae quae est in ape, ex contemplatione figurae, quam fabricatur, eliciatur.These therefore are the reasons considering the material necessity, so I think it sufficient that at this point I do not consider philosophizing about the perfection, beauty, or nobility of the rhombic shape, nor fussing that the essence of the small soul which is in the bee is elicited from a meditation on the shape that is built.1611, Johannes Keplerus, Strena seu de nive sexangula 11

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeanimulaanimulae
genitiveanimulaeanimulārum
dativeanimulaeanimulīs
accusativeanimulamanimulās
ablativeanimulāanimulīs
vocativeanimulaanimulae

ănĭmŭla, ae, f. dim. anima,
I. a little soul, life: aegra et saucia, Auct. ap. Gell. 19, 11, 4 (Hertz, anima): mulierculae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 11: vagula, blandula, etc., Hadr. Imp. ap. Spart. Hadr. 25; so Inscr. Orell. 2579 and 4761; Cic. Att. 9, 7.
Ănĭmŭla, ae, f.: urbs parvarum opum in Apuliā, Paul. ex Fest. p. 25 Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 53; cf. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 2, 134.

Origins

From anima (“soul, spirit”) + -ula.

Descendants
  • Italiananimula
  • TranslingualAnimula

Quick answers

What does animula mean in Latin?
animula, a noun, means “a small soul, spirit, life”.
What is the genitive of animula?
The genitive singular is animulae. animula is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce animula?
In classical Latin, [aˈnɪ.mʊ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈniː.mu.la].