LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

nūbēcula

nūbēcula f (genitive nūbēculae)
Classical[nuːˈbeː.kʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[nuˈbɛː.ku.la]

Meaning

  1. cloudlet
  2. dark spot
  3. troubled expression

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativenūbēculanūbēculae
nūbiculae
genitivenūbēculae
nūbiculae		nūbēculārum
nūbiculārum
dativenūbēculae
nūbiculae		nūbēculīs
nūbiculīs
accusativenūbēculam
nūbiculam		nūbēculās
nūbiculās
ablativenūbēculānūbēculīs
nūbiculīs
vocativenūbēculanūbēculae
nūbiculae

nūbēcŭla, ae, f. dim. nubes,
I. a little cloud.
I. Lit., Plin. 18, 35, 82, § 356.—
B. Transf., something cloudy or dark, a dark spot: mala urina, in quā veluti furfures atque nubeculae apparent, Plin. 28, 6, 19, § 68: smaragdi variā nubeculā improbati, id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: nubeculae et caligationes suffusionesque oculorum, id. 29, 6, 38, § 123; 20, 7, 26, § 61.—
II. Trop., a gloomy expression of countenance: frontis tuae nubecula, Cic. Pis. 9, 20.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)newdʰ-der.?
  2. Latinnūbēcula

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin nūbēcula From nūbēs (“cloud”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishnubecula
  • Italiannubecola

In English words that came into English from nūbēcula

  • nubeculanūbēcula

Quick answers

What does nūbēcula mean in Latin?
nūbēcula, a noun, means “cloudlet; dark spot; troubled expression”.
What is the genitive of nūbēcula?
The genitive singular is nūbēculae. nūbēcula is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce nūbēcula?
In classical Latin, [nuːˈbeː.kʊ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [nuˈbɛː.ku.la].
Where does nūbēcula come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ-der.? → Latin nūbēcula.