moecha

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmoe̯.kʰa/, [ˈmoe̯kʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ka/, [ˈmɛːkä]

Noun

moecha f (genitive moechae); first declension

1. (slang) an adulteress, a slut, a whore

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	moecha	moechae
Genitive	moechae	moechārum
Dative	moechae	moechīs
Accusative	moecham	moechās
Ablative	moechā	moechīs
Vocative	moecha	moechae

Related terms

• moechor
• moechus

References

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