mulctra
Latin
Etymology
A variant of mulctrum, from mulg(eō)- (“to milk”) + -trum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmʊɫk.tra]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmulk.t̪ra]
Noun
mulctra f (genitive mulctrae); first declension
- milk-pail
- (metonymic) cow's milk
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mulctra | mulctrae |
| genitive | mulctrae | mulctrārum |
| dative | mulctrae | mulctrīs |
| accusative | mulctram | mulctrās |
| ablative | mulctrā | mulctrīs |
| vocative | mulctra | mulctrae |
Synonyms
- mulctrum
- mulgāre
Derived terms
- mulctrārium
- mulctrāle
Related terms
References
- “mulctra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mulctra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mulctra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mulctra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers