tunica

See also: túnica and Tunica

Interlingue

Noun

tunica

  1. tunic

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tunica. Compare the inherited tonaca.

Noun

tunica f (plural tuniche)

  1. (clothing, anatomy, botany) tunic

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

opifex in tunicā (a worker in a tunic)

Etymology

Probably of Semitic origin[1]; see also Aramaic [script needed] (kittuna), Hebrew כותנתה‎ (kuttoneth, “coat”), Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn), but Etruscan has been suggested as well[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.ni.ka/, [ˈtʊ.nɪ.ka]
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Noun

tunica f (genitive tunicae); first declension

  1. tunic, an undergarment worn by both men and women
  2. (figuratively) a coating, membrane, peel

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tunica tunicae
genitive tunicae tunicārum
dative tunicae tunicīs
accusative tunicam tunicās
ablative tunicā tunicīs
vocative tunica tunicae

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Descendants

References

  • tunica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tunica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tunica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • tunica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • tunica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tunica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Notes:
  1. ↑ The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, Volume 18
  2. ↑ Giuliano Bonfante & Larissa Bonfante, The Etruscan language: An introduction, 2nd ed., 2002. p.114
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