vilica

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Latin

Noun

vīlica f (genitive vīlicae); first declension

  1. wife of a vilicus

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vīlica vīlicae
genitive vīlicae vīlicārum
dative vīlicae vīlicīs
accusative vīlicam vīlicās
ablative vīlicā vīlicīs
vocative vīlica vīlicae

Verb

vīlicā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vīlicō

References

  • vilica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vidlica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋîlit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧li‧ca

Noun

vȉlica f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏лица)

  1. (anatomy) jaw
    Synonym: ralje
  2. fork (for eating)
    Synonyms: vìljuška, pirun

Declension

Further reading

  • vilica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024