urtica

See also: Urtica

Interlingue

Noun

urtica

1. nettle

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Italian

Noun

urtica f (plural urtiche)

1. Variant of ortica.

Anagrams

• crauti, curati

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Latin

Etymology

From urere (“to burn”)

Noun

urtīca f (genitive urtīcae); first declension

1. stinging nettle

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	urtīca	urtīcae
genitive	urtīcae	urtīcārum
dative	urtīcae	urtīcīs
accusative	urtīcam	urtīcās
ablative	urtīcā	urtīcīs
vocative	urtīca	urtīcae

Descendants

• Aromanian: urdzãcã, urdzicã
• Asturian: ortiga, urtiga
• Catalan: ortiga
• French: ortie
• Friulian: urtie
• Galician: ortiga
• Italian: ortica

• Portuguese: urtiga
• Romanian: urzică
• Sicilian: ardìcula, lurdica
• Spanish: ortiga
• Translingual: Urtica
• Venetian: ortiga, oltriga, urtiga

References

• urtica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• urtica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “urtica” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)