vesica

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

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Noun[edit]

vesica (plural vesicae)

  1. (anatomy) A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
  2. (art) The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting.

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Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

vesica (plural vesicas)

  1. bladder

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-, see also venter, uterus and German Wanst.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

vēsīca f (genitive vēsīcae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) bladder, urinary bladder
    vēsīca ūrīnāria ― urinary bladder

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vēsīca vēsīcae
Genitive vēsīcae vēsīcārum
Dative vēsīcae vēsīcīs
Accusative vēsīcam vēsīcās
Ablative vēsīcā vēsīcīs
Vocative vēsīca vēsīcae

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Descendants[edit]

(See also vessīca.)

  • Old Occitan: veziga (Quercy), vezica (Fois)
  • → English: vesica
  • → Romanian: vezică

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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