alica

See also: Alica

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἆλιξ (âlix) ‘rice-wheat groat’.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.ka/, [ˈa.lɪ.ka]

Noun

alica f (genitive alicae); first declension

  1. A form of wheat (either spelt or emmer)
  2. grits prepared from this grain
  3. A drink prepared from these grits

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alica alicae
Genitive alicae alicārum
Dative alicae alicīs
Accusative alicam alicās
Ablative alicā alicīs
Vocative alica alicae

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Romanian: alac
  • Sardinian: àlighe, àligu
  • Spanish: álaga

References
  • alica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • alica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • alica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  1. Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages (Leiden: Brill, 2009), 33.
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