amurca

English

Etymology

From Latin amurca.

Noun

amurca (plural amurcas)

  1. The sediment in olive oil.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμόργη (amórgē), from ἀμέργω (amérgō, “pluck, pull”).

Noun

amurca f (genitive amurcae); first declension

  1. The watery part that flows out in pressing olives, the lees or dregs of oil
    • 200s, Quintus Gargilius Martialis De arboribus pomiferis 1. 1 ed. Angelo Mai Operis deperditi de hortis Fragmenta ex codicibus Neapolitano et Romano cum scholiis palaeographicis et adnotationibus Rome 1846 p. 58
      Sunt qui figularem cretam cum amurca subigunt, soleque siccatis cydoneis inliniri existimant, si in loco sicco et frigido reponantur.
      There are those who mix potter clay with amurca and hold it to be daubed on quinces when they are set up in a dry and cold stead.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative amurca amurcae
Genitive amurcae amurcārum
Dative amurcae amurcīs
Accusative amurcam amurcās
Ablative amurcā amurcīs
Vocative amurca amurcae

Derived terms
  • amurcārius

Descendants

References
  • amurca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • amurca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • amurca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amurca.

Pronunciation

Noun

amurca f (plural amurcas)

  1. amurca

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amurca. Doublet of morga and murga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈmurka/

Noun

amurca f (plural amurcas)

  1. amurca
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