vesica

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēsīca (“bladder”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛsɪkə/, IPA^(key): /ˈviːsɪkə/

Noun

vesica (plural vesicae)

(anatomy) A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
(art) The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting.

Derived terms

Derived terms

vesica biliaris
vesica fellea
vesical

vesica piscis
vesica urinaria
vesicle

Translations

bladder

Catalan: vesícula f
Esperanto: veziko (eo)
Ido: veziko (io)

Italian: vescica (it) f
Swedish: blåsa (sv) c

Anagrams

cavies

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-, see also Latin venter, uterus and German Wanst.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /weːˈsiː.ka/

Noun

vēsīca f (genitive vēsīcae); first declension

(anatomy) bladder, urinary bladder

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	vēsīca	vēsīcae
genitive	vēsīcae	vēsīcārum
dative	vēsīcae	vēsīcīs
accusative	vēsīcam	vēsīcās
ablative	vēsīcā	vēsīcīs
vocative	vēsīca	vēsīcae

Derived terms

Descendants

Albanian: fshikë, fshikëzë, mëshikë
Aromanian: bishicã, bishãcã
Asturian: vexiga
Catalan: veixiga
English: vesica
French: vessie
Friulian: vissie, višìe
Galician: vexiga
Italian: vescica

Mozarabic: bešíka
Occitan: vessiga, veishiga
Portuguese: bexiga
Romanian: bășică, vezică
Romansh: vaschia, vischigia, vascheia, vschia
Sardinian: buscica, bussica, piscica, busuca
Sicilian: viscica, vuscica, buscica
Spanish: vejiga
Venetian: vesiga
Walloon: vexheye

References

vesica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
vesica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vesica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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