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lucanica

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Etymology

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From Latin lūcānica. Doublet of loukaniko.

Noun

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lucanica (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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    Feminine form of lūcānicus (Lucanian).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    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

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    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative lūcānica lūcānicae
    genitive lūcānicae lūcānicārum
    dative lūcānicae lūcānicīs
    accusative lūcānicam lūcānicās
    ablative lūcānicā lūcānicīs
    vocative lūcānica lūcānicae

    Descendants

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    Adjective

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    lūcānica

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

    Adjective

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    lūcānicā

    1. ablative feminine singular of lūcānicus