spelunca
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /speːˈlun.ka/, [s̠peːˈɫ̪ʊŋkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /speˈlun.ka/, [speˈluŋkä]
Noun
spēlunca f (genitive spēluncae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | spēlunca | spēluncae |
Genitive | spēluncae | spēluncārum |
Dative | spēluncae | spēluncīs |
Accusative | spēluncam | spēluncās |
Ablative | spēluncā | spēluncīs |
Vocative | spēlunca | spēluncae |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Dutch: spelonk
- French: spélonque
- Galician: espenuca
- German: Spelunke
- Italian: spelonca
- Polish: spelunka, speluna
- Portuguese: espelunca
- Spanish: espelunca
References
- “spelunca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spelunca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spelunca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- spelunca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “spelunca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly