Parca

See also: parca and parça

Latin

Etymology

Suggestions include:

• parcō (“I spare”)
• pariō (“I give birth”)
• plicō, plectō (“I plait”)

Proper noun

Parca f (genitive Parcae); first declension

1. one of the Fates (one of the three goddesses who control destiny)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Parca	Parcae
Genitive	Parcae	Parcārum
Dative	Parcae	Parcīs
Accusative	Parcam	Parcās
Ablative	Parcā	Parcīs
Vocative	Parca	Parcae

References

• “Parca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Parca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Parca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Parca f

1. Grim Reaper

Related terms

• Parcas