landica

Latin

Etymology

Of uncertain origin[1]; proposed derivations include:

From glans (“acorn”). Compare postīca (“rear, back”).
From lambō (“I lick”).
From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”). If so, cognate with Latin lateō (“I am concealed”) and Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō, “to forget”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /lanˈdiː.ka/, [ɫanˈdiː.ka]

Noun

landīca f (genitive landīcae); first declension

(vulgar slang, anatomy) clitoris
gridiron
censer

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	landīca	landīcae
Genitive	landīcae	landīcārum
Dative	landīcae	landīcīs
Accusative	landīcam	landīcās
Ablative	landīcā	landīcīs
Vocative	landīca	landīcae

Descendants

Old French: landie
Romanian: lindic

References

landica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
landica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
landica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “landica”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 758

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