inducula

Latin

Etymology

From induo (“to put on”) +‎ -cula (instrument noun suffix). Compare subūcula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈduː.ku.la/, [ɪn̪ˈd̪uːkʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈdu.ku.la/, [in̪ˈd̪uːkulä]

Noun

indūcula f (genitive indūculae); first declension

1. a slip (kind of undergarment worn by women)
   • 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Epidicus 2.2.39:

     Quid erat induta? An regillam induculam an mendiculam?

     What did she have on? The Princess style of slip, or the Beggarmaid?

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	indūcula	indūculae
Genitive	indūculae	indūculārum
Dative	indūculae	indūculīs
Accusative	indūculam	indūculās
Ablative	indūculā	indūculīs
Vocative	indūcula	indūculae

References

• “inducula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inducula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inducula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.