English

Noun

ancillula ‎(plural ancillulas)

1. a slave girl, a servant-girl

   • 1962: I at once telephoned. The Shades were out, said the cheeky ancillula, an obnoxious little fan who came to cook for them on Sundays and no doubt dreamt of getting the old poet to cuddle her some wifeless day. — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈkil.lu.la/, [aŋˈkɪl.lʊ.ɫa]

Noun

ancillula f ‎(genitive ancillulae); first declension

1. young female slave or servant

Inflection

First declension.

References

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