pallaca

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλλακή (pallakḗ, “young girl”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.la.ka/, [ˈpälːʲäkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.la.ka/, [ˈpälːäkä]

Noun

pallaca f (genitive pallacae); first declension

1. concubine

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pallaca	pallacae
Genitive	pallacae	pallacārum
Dative	pallacae	pallacīs
Accusative	pallacam	pallacās
Ablative	pallacā	pallacīs
Vocative	pallaca	pallacae

Synonyms

• (concubine): amīca, coniūnx, paelex

References

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