ascia

See also: ascià

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ascia (“axe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.ʃa/
• Rhymes: -aʃʃa
• Hyphenation: à‧scia

Noun

ascia f (plural asce)

1. axe, adze

See also

• scure
• mannaia
• maestro d'ascia

Verb

ascia

1. inflection of asciare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Related terms

• asciata

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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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ki.a/, [ˈäs̠kiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈaʃ.ʃi.a/, [ˈäʃːiä]

Noun

ascia f (genitive asciae); first declension

1. an axe
2. 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

• *asciata
• ascicula
• *asciola
• ascio

Descendants

• Asturian: azada, axada, xada
• Basque: aizkora (from *asciola)
• Catalan: aixa, aixada
• French: aissette, asse, asseau, essette
• Galician: aixada, aixola (from *asciola)
• Italian: ascia
• Old French: aisse

• Portuguese: archa, enxada, enxó (from *asciola)
• Sicilian: ascia
• Spanish: aja, azada, azuela (from *asciola)
• 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)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN