posca
See also: Posca
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin posca.
Noun
posca (uncountable)
- A drink in Ancient Rome and Greece, made by mixing sour wine or vinegar with water and herbs.
Anagrams
- Pasco, SCOPA, capos, copsa, pacos, scopa
Italian
Etymology
From Latin posca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.ska/
- Rhymes: -ɔska
- Hyphenation: pò‧sca
Noun
posca f (plural posche)
- posca
Anagrams
- caspo, pasco, scapo, scopa
Latin
Alternative forms
- pusca
Etymology
From pōtō.
Noun
pōsca f (genitive pōscae); first declension
- an acidulous drink of vinegar and water
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pōsca | pōscae |
| Genitive | pōscae | pōscārum |
| Dative | pōscae | pōscīs |
| Accusative | pōscam | pōscās |
| Ablative | pōscā | pōscīs |
| Vocative | pōsca | pōscae |
Descendants
- Aromanian: puscã, pusche
- English: posca
- Italian: posca
- Portuguese: posca
- Spanish: posca
References
- “posca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- posca 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)
- posca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “posca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “posca”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Occitan
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Noun
posca f (plural poscas)
- dust