spica

See also: Spica

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spica

Noun

spica (plural spicas or spicae)

(botany) A spike.
A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk.

Anagrams

CISPA, PICAs, aspic, pacis, picas, scapi

Italian

Noun

spica f (plural spiche)

ear (of corn); spike (Variant of: spiga)
lavender

Anagrams

aspic, cispa, pasci, scapi

Latin

Alternative forms

spīcum
spīcus

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.ka/

Noun

spīca f (genitive spīcae); first declension

(of grain) A head, ear, spike

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spīca	spīcae
genitive	spīcae	spīcārum
dative	spīcae	spīcīs
accusative	spīcam	spīcās
ablative	spīcā	spīcīs
vocative	spīca	spīcae

Derived terms

spīcilegium

Descendants

Aromanian: schic
Catalan: espiga
Dalmatian: spaica
French: épi
Friulian: spi
Italian: spiga

Occitan: espic
Portuguese: espiga
Romanian: spic
Romansch: spia, spigia, speia
Sardinian: ipiga, ispiga, ispica, spiga, spica
Sicilian: spica
Spanish: espiga

References

spica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
spica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
spica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
spica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈspʲit͡sa]

Adjective

spica

nominative singular feminine of spicy

Participle

spica

nominative singular feminine of spicy

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin spica (“spike, ear (of corn)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspɪka/
Hyphenation: spi‧ca

Noun

spica f (plural spichi)

spike, ear

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