LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

mātrīcula

mātrīcula f (genitive mātrīculae)
Classical[maːˈtriː.kʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[maˈtriː.ku.la]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinwritten list, register

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemātrīculamātrīculae
genitivemātrīculaemātrīculārum
dativemātrīculaemātrīculīs
accusativemātrīculammātrīculās
ablativemātrīculāmātrīculīs
vocativemātrīculamātrīculae

mātrīcŭla, ae, f. dim. matrix,
I. a public register, list, roll (post-class.), Veg. Mil. 1, 26; 2, 2; 5; Cod. Just. 12, 20, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méh₂tēr
  2. Proto-Italic*mātēr
  3. Latinmātrīcula

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂ Proto-Italic *-trīks Latin -ix Latin mātrīx Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin mātrīcula From mātrīx (“list, register”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanmatrícula
  • Englishmatricula
  • Frenchmatricule
  • Italianmatricola
  • Portuguesematrícula
  • Romanianmatricula
  • Spanishmatrícula
  • Spanishmadrilla
  • Albanianndrikull
  • Galicianmatrícula
Old Francoprovençal
  • Franco-Provençalmargueilli

Quick answers

What does mātrīcula mean in Latin?
mātrīcula, a noun, means “written list, register”.
What is the genitive of mātrīcula?
The genitive singular is mātrīculae. mātrīcula is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce mātrīcula?
In classical Latin, [maːˈtriː.kʊ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [maˈtriː.ku.la].
Where does mātrīcula come from?
Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr → Proto-Italic *mātēr → Latin mātrīcula.