arinca

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, only attested in Pliny the Elder and there connected as Gaulish.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈrɪŋ.ka]

Noun

arinca f (genitive arincae); first declension

  1. A kind of grain also called olyra

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative arinca arincae
genitive arincae arincārum
dative arincae arincīs
accusative arincam arincās
ablative arincā arincīs
vocative arinca arincae

References

  • “arinca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arinca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Related to arenque (“herring”), sharing a process in the fish's salting.

Noun

arinca f (plural arincas)

  1. haddock (marine fish)
    Synonyms: hadoque, eglefim

References

  • Williams & Norgate (1864): An Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages; chiefly from the German of F. Diez. By T. C. Donkin
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