lucanica

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Etymology

From Latin lūcānica. Doublet of loukaniko.

Noun

lucanica (uncountable)

  1. A short, fat, rustic pork sausage in Ancient Roman cuisine.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of lūcānicus (“Lucanian”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lūcānica f (genitive lūcānicae); first declension

  1. a kind of sausage, Lucanian sausage, lucanica
    • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 4.9.20–36:
      Sed Bruti senis oscitationes de capsa miseri libellionis emptum plus minus asse Gaiano, donas. non lucanica, non graves falisci, non sal oxyporumve caseusve?
      But no, you send me Brutus’ boring stuff, bought for about a Caligulan as from a poor bookseller’s bag. Wasn’t there Lucanian boloney, no heavy Faliscian sujuks, no salt, carminative, or cheese?

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lūcānica lūcānicae
Genitive lūcānicae lūcānicārum
Dative lūcānicae lūcānicīs
Accusative lūcānicam lūcānicās
Ablative lūcānicā lūcānicīs
Vocative lūcānica lūcānicae

Descendants

Adjective

lūcānica

  1. inflection of lūcānicus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

lūcānicā

  1. ablative feminine singular of lūcānicus
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