alcea
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin alcea.
Noun
alcea f (plural alcees)
- vervain mallow
Further reading
- “alcea” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀλκέα (alkéa).
Noun
alcea f (genitive alceae); first declension
- vervain mallow (Malva alcea)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alcea | alceae |
| Genitive | alceae | alceārum |
| Dative | alceae | alceīs |
| Accusative | alceam | alceās |
| Ablative | alceā | alceīs |
| Vocative | alcea | alceae |
References
- “alcea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alcea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- alcea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette