Spica

See also: spica and Spicą

English

Etymology

From Latin spīca virginis (“Virgo's ear of grain”).

Proper noun

Spica

1. (astronomy) A binary star in the constellation Virgo; alpha (α) Virginis.
   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921:

     The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude.

Translations

star

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 角宿一 (gok³ sau³ jat¹)

  Mandarin: 角宿一 (Jiǎosùyī)

• Greek: Στάχυς (el) (Stáchys)
• Irish: Spica m
• Latin: spīca virginis
• Māori: Whiti-kaupeka
• Persian: اسپر (fa) (espor), بی‌ژوبین (bi-žubin)
• Russian: Спи́ка f (Spíka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Searag f

See also

• (Behenian fixed stars) Alcyone, Aldebaran, Algol, Algorab, Alkaid, Alphecca, Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Deneb Algedi, Procyon, Regulus, Sirius, Spica, Vega

Anagrams

• APICs, CISPA, ISPCA, PICAs, aspic, pacis, picas, scapi

Italian

Etymology

From Latin spīca (“ear of grain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspi.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: Spì‧ca

Proper noun

Spica f

1. Spica

Anagrams

• aspic, caspi, cispa, pasci, scapi

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin spīca virginis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspi.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: Spi‧ca

Proper noun

Spica f

1. (astronomy) Spica (blue-white giant star)

   Synonyms: Kłos, Kłos Panny

Declension

Declension of Spica

	singular
nominative	Spica
genitive	Spicy
dative	Spicy
accusative	Spicę
instrumental	Spicą
locative	Spicy
vocative	Spico

Further reading

• “Spica”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)