offula

Latin

Alternative forms

• offla (syncopated)

Etymology

From offa + -ula (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• offula:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔf.fʊ.ɫa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔf.fu.la]
• offulā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔf.fʊ.ɫaː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔf.fu.la]

Noun

offula f (genitive offulae); first declension

1. little bit
2. a bite to eat
3. (derogatory) term of abuse for a bad slave

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	offula	offulae
genitive	offulae	offulārum
dative	offulae	offulīs
accusative	offulam	offulās
ablative	offulā	offulīs
vocative	offula	offulae

Descendants

Through the expression in offulā:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Neapolitan: gnuòffelo, guòffolo
• Borrowings:
  • → Albanian: nofull

References

• “offula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "offula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “offula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.