LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

pānicula

pānicula f (genitive pāniculae)

Meaning

  1. tuft (on a plant); panicle
  2. tuft of reeds used for thatch
  3. swelling, tumour

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepānicula
pānucla, pānucula		pāniculae
pānuclae, pānuculae
genitivepāniculae
pānuclae, pānuculae		pāniculārum
pānuclārum, pānuculārum
dativepāniculae
pānuclae, pānuculae		pāniculīs
pānuclīs, pānuculīs
accusativepāniculam
pānuclam, pānuculam		pāniculās
pānuclās, pānuculās
ablativepāniculā
pānuclā, pānuculā		pāniculīs
pānuclīs, pānuculīs
vocativepānicula
pānucla, pānucula		pāniculae
pānuclae, pānuculae

pānĭcŭla (also pānŭcŭla, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; and contr. pānŭcla, Non. 149, 22), ae, f.; also pānĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. panus,
I. a tuft, a panicle on plants.
I. Lit.: tu legiones difflavisti spiritu, quasi ventus folia aut paniculum tectorium, a tuft of thatch, i. e. of reeds used for thatching, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 17; cf. id. Rud. 1, 2, 34; Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 49: Graecula rosa convolutis foliorum paniculis, id. 21, 4, 10, § 18: panicum a paniculis dictum, id. 18, 7, 9, § 53.—
II. Transf., a swelling, tumor, Scrib. Comp. 82; App. Herb. 13.

Origins

Diminutive of pānus.

Descendants
  • Catalanpanícula
  • Englishpanicle
  • Frenchpanicule
  • Italianpanicola
  • Italianpanicolo
  • Portuguesepanícula
  • Spanishpanícula
  • Late Latinpānucula

Quick answers

What does pānicula mean in Latin?
pānicula, a noun, means “tuft (on a plant); panicle; tuft of reeds used for thatch”.
What is the genitive of pānicula?
The genitive singular is pāniculae. pānicula is feminine, first declension.