praefica
Latin
Etymology
Derived from praeficiō (“I place in command”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.fi.ka/, [ˈpräe̯fɪkä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.fi.ka/, [ˈprɛːfikä]
Noun
praefica f (genitive praeficae); first declension
- A woman hired to lament at the head of a funeral procession; wailer
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | praefica | praeficae |
| Genitive | praeficae | praeficārum |
| Dative | praeficae | praeficīs |
| Accusative | praeficam | praeficās |
| Ablative | praeficā | praeficīs |
| Vocative | praefica | praeficae |
Descendants
- Italian: prefica
References
- praefica 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)
- praefica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “praefica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press