Latin

Noun

paenula f ‎(genitive paenulae); first declension

1. A kind of sleeveless cloak or mantle with an opening for the head, worn on journeys or in rainy weather.
2. (by extension) A covering, cover, envelope, protection.

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• paenulārius
• paenulātus
• paenuleus

Descendants

• English: paenula
• French: pénule
• Italian: penula
• Romanian: pănură

References

• paenula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paenula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “paenula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• paenula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paenula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin