lingulaca

Latin

Etymology

From lingula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /lin.ɡuˈlaː.ka/, [lʲɪŋɡʊˈɫ̪äːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lin.ɡuˈla.ka/, [liŋɡuˈläːkä]

Noun

lingulāca f (genitive lingulācae); first declension

1. A gossip, a chatterbox
2. A kind of fish, a sole
3. A kind of plant, the marsh crowfoot

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lingulāca	lingulācae
Genitive	lingulācae	lingulācārum
Dative	lingulācae	lingulācīs
Accusative	lingulācam	lingulācās
Ablative	lingulācā	lingulācīs
Vocative	lingulāca	lingulācae

References

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