flaminica

Latin

Etymology

From flāmen +‎ -ica (feminine of adjective-forming suffix -icus "pertaining to").

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /flaːˈmi.ni.ka/, [fɫ̪äːˈmɪnɪkä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /flaˈmi.ni.ka/, [fläˈmiːnikä]

Noun

flāminica f (genitive flāminicae); first declension

  1. the wife of a flamen, the wife of a priest (of the ancient Roman religion)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative flāminica flāminicae
Genitive flāminicae flāminicārum
Dative flāminicae flāminicīs
Accusative flāminicam flāminicās
Ablative flāminicā flāminicīs
Vocative flāminica flāminicae

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