siliqua
English
Noun
siliqua (plural siliquas or siliquae)
- (botany) Alternative form of silique
- A weight of four grains; a carat.
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Often related to silex (“flint”), but De Vaan suggests a relationship with siligō (“winter wheat”) instead on the grounds of the unusual suffix and closer semantics. Likely of substrate origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.li.kʷa/, [ˈs̠ɪlʲɪkʷä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.li.kwa/, [ˈsiːlikwä]
Noun
siliqua f (genitive siliquae); first declension
- pod (of a pea or bean plant)
- A small coin, one twenty-fourth of a solidus
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | siliqua | siliquae |
| Genitive | siliquae | siliquārum |
| Dative | siliquae | siliquīs |
| Accusative | siliquam | siliquās |
| Ablative | siliquā | siliquīs |
| Vocative | siliqua | siliquae |
Derived terms
- siliquae
- siliqua Graeca
- siliquor
- siliquastrēnsis
- siliquastrum
- siliquāticum
- siliqua Syriaca
- silicula
Descendants
- Middle English: siliqua
- English: silique
- French: silique
- Italian: serqua
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “silex, -icis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 564
- “siliqua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “siliqua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- siliqua 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)
- sĭlĭqua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,442
- “siliqua”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “siliqua”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “siliqua” on page 1,762/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “siliqua”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 971/2