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English
Noun
ischia
- plural of ischium
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
ischia f (plural ischie)
- Alternative form of eschia: type of oak
1903, Giovanni Pascoli, “La Partenza del Boscaiolo [The Woodcutter's Leaving]”, in Canti di Castelvecchio, Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, published 1907, section VI, page 11, lines 1–2:Ha il nido qua e là nei buchi ¶ d’ischie o d’olmi, ove gli garba;- It nests here and there, in the holes ¶ of oaks, or elms, wherever it prefers
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
ischia n
- nominative plural of ischion or ischium
- accusative plural of ischion or ischium
- vocative plural of ischion or ischium
References
- “ischia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ischia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ischia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin acētum.
Noun
ischia m
- (Surmiran) vinegar