precaria

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See also: precária

English

Noun

precaria

  1. plural of precarium

Italian

Adjective

precaria

  1. feminine singular of precario

Latin

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of charta precāria (“document of petition”, for the latter word see etymology 2). Attested in the Formulary of Marculf.[1]

Noun

precāria f (genitive precāriae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. petition
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative precāria precāriae
Genitive precāriae precāriārum
Dative precāriae precāriīs
Accusative precāriam precāriās
Ablative precāriā precāriīs
Vocative precāria precāriae
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “prĕcaria”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 339

Etymology 2

Adjective

precāria

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

Adjective

precāriā

  1. ablative feminine singular of precārius

Spanish

Adjective

precaria

  1. feminine singular of precario
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