sescuncia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sescuncia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈskun.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -untʃa
• Hyphenation: se‧scùn‧cia

Noun

sescuncia f (plural sescunce)

1. one and a half unciae

Related terms

• oncia

Anagrams

• cucinasse

Latin

Etymology

From sēsqui- +‎ ū̆ncia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seːsˈkuːn.ki.a/, [s̠eːs̠ˈkuːŋkiä] or IPA^(key): /seːsˈkun.ki.a/, [s̠eːs̠ˈkʊŋkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sesˈkun.t͡ʃi.a/, [sesˈkun̠ʲt͡ʃiä]

Noun

sēscū̆ncia f (genitive sēscū̆nciae); first declension

1. One and a half unciae.
2. One eighth (of a whole)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēscū̆ncia	sēscū̆nciae
Genitive	sēscū̆nciae	sēscū̆nciārum
Dative	sēscū̆nciae	sēscū̆nciīs
Accusative	sēscū̆nciam	sēscū̆nciās
Ablative	sēscū̆nciā	sēscū̆nciīs
Vocative	sēscū̆ncia	sēscū̆nciae

Derived terms

• sēscū̆nciālis

Descendants

• Italian: sescuncia

References

• “sescuncia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sescuncia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.