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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly a loan from hypothetical Ancient Greek *νάκτης, *νάκται (*náktēs, *náktai), an agent noun from νάσσω (nássō, “to squeeze, press together”). Compare νάκος (nákos, “fleece”). Some assume instead that it originates from Etruscan.
Noun
nacca m (genitive naccae); first declension
- fuller
- Synonym: fullō
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- ^ “nacca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “nacca”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 428
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 168
- ^ Baldi, Philip (2002) The Foundations of Latin, page 166
- ^ Ostler, Nicholas (2007) Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin, page 325, page 37
Further reading
- nacca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “nacca”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Pali
Noun
nacca n
- dancing (for an audience)
- a play
Declension
Declension table of "nacca" (neuter)
References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “nacca”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead