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posca

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See also: Posca

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin posca.

Noun

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posca (uncountable)

  1. A drink in Ancient Rome and Greece, made by mixing sour wine or vinegar with water and herbs.

Anagrams

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin posca.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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posca f (plural posche)

  1. posca

Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From pōtō, formed after ēsca.

Noun

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pōsca f (genitive pōscae); first declension

  1. an acidulous drink of vinegar and water

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pōsca pōscae
genitive pōscae pōscārum
dative pōscae pōscīs
accusative pōscam pōscās
ablative pōscā pōscīs
vocative pōsca pōscae

Descendants

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  • Aromanian: puscã, pusche
  • English: posca
  • Italian: posca
  • Portuguese: posca
  • Spanish: posca

References

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  • posca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • posca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • posca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • posca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • posca”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Occitan

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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posca f (plural poscas)

  1. dust

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈposka/ [ˈpos.ka]
  • Rhymes: -oska
  • Syllabification: pos‧ca

Noun

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posca f (uncountable)

  1. (Ancient Rome) A mixture of vinegar and water

Further reading

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