ascia
See also: ascià
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʃ.ʃa/
- Rhymes: -aʃʃa
- Hyphenation: à‧scia
Etymology 1
From Latin ascia (“axe”).
Noun
ascia f (plural asce)
- axe, adze
See also
- scure
- mannaia
- maestro d'ascia
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ascia
- inflection of asciare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Related terms
- asciata
Latin
Etymology
According to one version, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷs-ih₂- (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) (see axe).
According to de Vaan, it is not plausible since a sequence *ks is usually retained in intervocalic Latin, which implies borrowing from an unidentified source. It's possible that the consonant cluster underwent metathesis in a different (IE?) language before the word entered Latin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈas.ki.a/, [ˈäs̠kiä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈaʃ.ʃi.a/, [ˈäʃːiä]
Noun
ascia f (genitive asciae); first declension
- an axe
- a mason's trowel
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ascia | asciae |
| Genitive | asciae | asciārum |
| Dative | asciae | asciīs |
| Accusative | asciam | asciās |
| Ablative | asciā | asciīs |
| Vocative | ascia | asciae |
Synonyms
- (axe): secūris
Derived terms
- *asciāta
- ascicula
- asciola
- ascio
Descendants
- Asturian: azada, axada, xada
- Catalan: aixa, aixada
- French: aissette, asse, asseau, essette
- Galician: aixada
- Italian: ascia
- Old French: aisse
- Portuguese: archa, enxada
- Sicilian: ascia
- Spanish: aja, azada
- Venetian: asa
References
- “ascia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ascia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ascia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “ascia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ascia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN