balluca
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Paleo-Hispanic. Doublet of ballūx.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [balˈluː.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [balˈluː.ka]
Noun
ballūca f (genitive ballūcae); first declension
Inflection
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ballūca | ballūcae |
| genitive | ballūcae | ballūcārum |
| dative | ballūcae | ballūcīs |
| accusative | ballūcam | ballūcās |
| ablative | ballūcā | ballūcīs |
| vocative | ballūca | ballūcae |
Descendants
- Galician: baluga
References
- “ballux”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “balluca” in volume 2, column 1703, line 10 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present