alcea

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alcea.

Pronunciation

Noun

alcea f (plural alcees)

  1. vervain mallow (Malva alcea)

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλκέα (alkéa).

Noun

alcea f (genitive alceae); first declension

  1. vervain mallow (Malva alcea)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alcea alceae
Genitive alceae alceārum
Dative alceae alceīs
Accusative alceam alceās
Ablative alceā alceīs
Vocative alcea alceae

References

  • “alcea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alcea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • alcea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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