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noun · femininefirst declension

subūcula

subūcula f (genitive subūculae)

Meaning

  1. a man's undergarment, a shirt (worn under a tunic etc.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesubūculasubūculae
genitivesubūculaesubūculārum
dativesubūculaesubūculīs
accusativesubūculamsubūculās
ablativesubūculāsubūculīs
vocativesubūculasubūculae

sŭbūcŭla, ae, f. sub - UO; whence exuo.
I. A man's under-garment, a shirt: postea quam binas tunicas habere coeperunt, instituerunt vocare subuculam et indusium, Varr. ap. Non. 542, 24; id. L. L. 5, § 131 Müll.; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 95; Suet. Aug. 82. — Of the priest's dress, Vulg. Lev. 8, 7. —
II. Subuculam Aelius Stilo et Cloatius iisdem fere verbis demonstrant vocari, quod dis detur ex alicā et oleo et melle. Nam de tunicae genere notum est omnibus, Fest. pp. 308 and 309 Müll.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsubūcula

Latin sub- Latin *uō Latin -cula Latin subūcula From sub- + *uō (“to put on”) + -cula (instrument noun suffix). Compare indūcula. The root is attested in the compound verbs induō and exuō.

Quick answers

What does subūcula mean in Latin?
subūcula, a noun, means “a man's undergarment, a shirt (worn under a tunic etc.)”.
What is the genitive of subūcula?
The genitive singular is subūculae. subūcula is feminine, first declension.
Where does subūcula come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin subūcula.