Posca

See also: posca

Latin

Etymology

From posca (“kind of drink”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.ka/, [ˈpɔs̠kä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.ka/, [ˈpɔskä]

Proper noun

Posca m sg (genitive Poscae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Pinarius Posca, a Roman praetor

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Posca
Genitive	Poscae
Dative	Poscae
Accusative	Poscam
Ablative	Poscā
Vocative	Posca

References

• “Posca, M. Pinarius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray