LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

vēsīcula

vēsīcula f (genitive vēsīculae)
Classical[weːˈsiː.kʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[veˈs̬iː.ku.la]

Meaning

  1. little bladder
  2. blister

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevēsīculavēsīculae
genitivevēsīculaevēsīculārum
dativevēsīculaevēsīculīs
accusativevēsīculamvēsīculās
ablativevēsīculāvēsīculīs
vocativevēsīculavēsīculae

vēsīcŭla, ae, f. dim. id.,
I. a little blister, vesicle; containing air, Lucr. 6, 130; containing seeds, on plants, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin vēsīcula From vēsīca + -ula.

Descendants
  • Catalanvesícula
  • Englishvesicle
  • Frenchvésicule
  • Italianvescicola
  • Portuguesevesícula
  • Romanianveziculă
  • Spanishvesícula
  • Sicilianvisicchia
  • Asturianvesícula
  • Galicianvesícula

In English words that came into English from vēsīcula

  • vesiclevēsīcula
  • vesiculosevesiculosus

Quick answers

What does vēsīcula mean in Latin?
vēsīcula, a noun, means “little bladder; blister”.
What is the genitive of vēsīcula?
The genitive singular is vēsīculae. vēsīcula is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce vēsīcula?
In classical Latin, [weːˈsiː.kʊ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [veˈs̬iː.ku.la].