ficatum
Latin
FWOTD – 18 September 2024
Etymology
Ellipsis of iecur fīcātum (literally “figgy liver”). Derived from fīcus (“fig”) + -ātum (“-y, -ed”, attributive adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fiːˈkaː.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fiˈkaː.t̪um]
Noun
fīcātum n (genitive fīcātī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fīcātum | fīcāta |
| genitive | fīcātī | fīcātōrum |
| dative | fīcātō | fīcātīs |
| accusative | fīcātum | fīcāta |
| ablative | fīcātō | fīcātīs |
| vocative | fīcātum | fīcāta |
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Sardinian:
- fícadu, fícatu, ícatu
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- “ficatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "ficatum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ficatum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.