Noun: scintilla
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Nominative
| Singular | scintilla |
| Plural | scintillae |
Genitive
| Singular | scintillae |
| Plural | scintillārum |
Dative
| Singular | scintillae |
| Plural | scintillīs |
Accusative
| Singular | scintillam |
| Plural | scintillās |
Ablative
| Singular | scintillā |
| Plural | scintillīs |
Vocative
| Singular | scintilla |
| Plural | scintillae |
Sample Sentences
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1st century AD, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt; Book VI, Chapter III
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Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium. (A small spark neglected has often roused to a great inferno.)
Nouns inflected like scintilla
scōria,
meschīta,
sewera,
zōnula,
ecclēsia,
concurrentia,
satira,
satura,
satyra,
sagīna,
sagēna,
sarīsa,
salīva,
salīna,
sampsa,
samara,
sacēna,
salvia,
sabīna,
sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Most likely from Proto-Indo-European *ski-nto-, from *(s)ḱeh₁y- (“to gleam, shine”), which is the source of English shine. See: English Nouns '
shine'.
Verbs referencing "scintilla"
English Nouns
tinsel, English Nouns
scintilla, Italian Nouns
scintilla, English Nouns
stencil, French Nouns
étincelle, Catalan Nouns
centella, Portuguese Nouns
centelha, Romanian Nouns
scânteie, Ancient Greek Nouns
σπινθήρ.
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