ascia

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See also: ascià

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin ascia (“axe”).

Noun

ascia f (plural asce)

  1. axe, adze
    Synonyms: scure, mannaia
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ascia

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

Latin

Etymology

According to one version, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷs-ih₂- (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) (see axe).

According to de Vaan, it is not plausible since a sequence *ks is usually retained in intervocalic Latin, which implies borrowing from an unidentified source. It is possible that the consonant cluster underwent metathesis in a different (IE?) language before the word entered Latin.

Pronunciation

Noun

ascia f (genitive asciae); first declension

  1. an axe
  2. a mason's trowel

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ascia asciae
genitive asciae asciārum
dative asciae asciīs
accusative asciam asciās
ablative asciā asciīs
vocative ascia asciae

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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
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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