cacalia

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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)

  1. 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

  1. coltsfoot (or a similar plant)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cacālia cacāliae
genitive cacāliae cacāliārum
dative cacāliae cacāliīs
accusative cacāliam cacāliās
ablative cacāliā cacāliīs
vocative cacālia cacāliae

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.