pecia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pecia.

Noun

pecia (plural pecias)

1. (historical) a manuscript, folded into four, assigned to be copied by a scribe

Italian

Etymology

Variant of pezza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃa
• Hyphenation: pè‧cia

Noun

pecia f (plural pecie)

1. (historical) pecia; a manuscript, folded into four, assigned to be copied by a scribe

Descendants

• → English: pecia
• → French: pecia

Anagrams

• apice, epica, piace

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛ.ki.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛː.t͡ʃi.a]

Noun

pecia m (genitive peciae); first declension

1. alternative form of pettia

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pecia	peciae
genitive	peciae	peciārum
dative	peciae	peciīs
accusative	peciam	peciās
ablative	peciā	peciīs
vocative	pecia	peciae

References

• “pecia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pecia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pecia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin