ascia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ascia (“axe”).

Noun

ascia f (plural asce)

  1. axe, tomahawk

See also

Verb

ascia

  1. third-person singular present indicative of asciare
  2. second-person singular imperative of asciare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷs-ih₂- (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). See axe.

Pronunciation

Noun

ascia f (genitive asciae); first declension

  1. an axe
  2. a mason's trowel

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative ascia asciae
genitive asciae asciārum
dative asciae asciīs
accusative asciam asciās
ablative asciā asciīs
vocative ascia asciae

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Asturian: azada
  • Basque: aizkora (from *asciola)
  • Catalan: aixa, aixada
  • Galician: aixada
  • Italian: ascia
  • Old French: aisse

References

  • ascia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ascia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ascia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • ascia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ascia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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