Translingual

Cicindela sexguttata

Proper noun

Cicindela f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – certain tiger beetles.

Latin

Noun

cicindēla f ‎(genitive cicindēlae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (candle): candēla

Related terms

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cicindela”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.