sescuncia

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sescuncia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈskun.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -untʃa
  • Hyphenation: se‧scùn‧cia

Noun

sescuncia f (plural sescunce)

  1. one and a half unciae

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From sēsqui- +‎ ū̆ncia.

Pronunciation

Noun

sēscū̆ncia f (genitive sēscū̆nciae); first declension

  1. One and a half unciae.
  2. One eighth (of a whole)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sēscū̆ncia sēscū̆nciae
Genitive sēscū̆nciae sēscū̆nciārum
Dative sēscū̆nciae sēscū̆nciīs
Accusative sēscū̆nciam sēscū̆nciās
Ablative sēscū̆nciā sēscū̆nciīs
Vocative sēscū̆ncia sēscū̆nciae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: sescuncia

References

  • sescuncia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sescuncia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.