huswiva

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English houswyf.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /huːsˈu̯iː.u̯a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈswi.va/,

Noun

hūswīva f (genitive hūswīvae); first declension

(Medieval Latin, England) A housewife; the wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
Synonym: māterfamiliās
- 1975, John Morris, editor, Domesday Book‎, volume Boldon Book: Northumberland and Durham, Phillimore, →OCLC, page 24:
  Et omnes firmarii faciunt iiii precationes in autumpno cum tota familia excepta huswiva.
  And all the tenants do 4 prayers in the autumn with the whole family except the housewife.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hūswīva	hūswīvae
genitive	hūswīvae	hūswīvārum
dative	hūswīvae	hūswīvīs
accusative	hūswīvam	hūswīvās
ablative	hūswīvā	hūswīvīs
vocative	hūswīva	hūswīvae

References

R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “huswiva”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

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