urtica

See also: Urtica

Italian

Noun

urtica f (plural urtiche)

  1. Alternative form of ortica

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From ūrere (to burn).

Pronunciation

Noun

urtīca f (genitive urtīcae); first declension

  1. stinging nettle
  2. sea nettle
  3. (figuratively) lustful desire, pruriency

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative urtīca urtīcae
Genitive urtīcae urtīcārum
Dative urtīcae urtīcīs
Accusative urtīcam urtīcās
Ablative urtīcā urtīcīs
Vocative urtīca urtīcae

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: urdzãcã, urdzicã, urticã
    • Romanian: urzică
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Padanian:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Franco-Provençal: ortie, ortia, orcha
    • French: ortie
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Aragonese:
      Ansotano: xordiga
      Belsetán: ixordica
      Cheso: xordiga
      Chistabín: ixordica, ixordiga
      Panticuto: xordica, xordiga
      Ribagorçan: ixordiga, ixordica
    • Catalan: ortiga
    • Occitan:
      Auvergnat: ortija, otrija, órtia
      Gascon: ortiga, ortica, autriga, hortiga, hortic
      Languedocien: ortiga, autriga, ortic
      Limousin: ortruja, autruja, ertruja, entruja
      Provençal: ortiga, aurtiga
      Vivaro-Alpine: úrtia, urtia, ortia, uèrtia
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:

References

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