cicindela

See also: Cicindela

Latin

Etymology

From reduplicated stem of candeō (“shine, glitter; glow”) +‎ -ēla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ki.kinˈdeː.la/, [kɪkɪn̪ˈd̪eːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃinˈde.la/, [t͡ʃit͡ʃin̪ˈd̪ɛːlä]

Noun

cicindēla f (genitive cicindēlae); first declension

1. a firefly, glowworm
2. (figuratively) a candle

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cicindēla	cicindēlae
genitive	cicindēlae	cicindēlārum
dative	cicindēlae	cicindēlīs
accusative	cicindēlam	cicindēlās
ablative	cicindēlā	cicindēlīs
vocative	cicindēla	cicindēlae

Synonyms

• (glowworm): lampȳris
• (candle): candēla

Related terms

• candefaciō
• candēla
• candēlābrārius
• candēns
• candentia
• candeō
• candescō
• candicō
• candidus
• candificō
• candor

Descendants

• Translingual: Cicindela
• French: cicindèle

References

• “cicindela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cicindela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cicindela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.