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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Cacalia, from Latin cacālia, from Ancient Greek κακκαλίᾱ (kakkalíā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈka.lja/
- Rhymes: -alja
- Hyphenation: ca‧cà‧lia
Noun
cacalia f (plural cacalie)
- any plant in the Cacalia taxonomic genus
Further reading
- cacalia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κακκαλία (kakkalía).
Noun
cacālia f (genitive cacāliae); first declension
- coltsfoot (or a similar plant)
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “cacalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cacalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.