vilica

Latin

Alternative forms

• vīllica

Etymology

Feminine form of vīlicus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwiː.lɪ.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː.li.ka]

Noun

vīlica f (genitive vīlicae, masculine vīlicus); first declension

1. a female overseer
2. the wife of an overseer

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vīlica	vīlicae
genitive	vīlicae	vīlicārum
dative	vīlicae	vīlicīs
accusative	vīlicam	vīlicās
ablative	vīlicā	vīlicīs
vocative	vīlica	vīlicae

Verb

vīlicā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vīlicō

References

• “vīlĭca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vīlica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vīlĭca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• vilica, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vidlica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîlit͡sa/
• Hyphenation: vi‧li‧ca

Noun

vȉlica f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏лица)

1. (anatomy) jaw

   Synonym: ralje

2. fork (for eating)

   Synonyms: vìljuška, pirun

Declension

Declension of vilica

	singular	plural
nominative	vilica	vilice
genitive	vilice	vilica
dative	vilici	vilicama
accusative	vilicu	vilice
vocative	vilice / vilico	vilice
locative	vilici	vilicama
instrumental	vilicom	vilicama

Further reading

• “vilica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026