Ustica

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ustica.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈu.sti.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ustika
  • Hyphenation: Ù‧sti‧ca

Proper noun

Ustica f

  1. An island in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Derived terms

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Latin

Etymology

Probably from ustus (“burnt”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ustīca f sg (genitive Ustīcae); first declension

  1. Ustica
  2. A small hill in the Sabine country, near Horace's villa, now Val d'Ustica

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ustīca
Genitive Ustīcae
Dative Ustīcae
Accusative Ustīcam
Ablative Ustīcā
Vocative Ustīca

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References
  • “Ustica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Ustica”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Ustica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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