adarce

English

Etymology

From Latin adarcē, adarca, from Ancient Greek ἀδάρκη (adárkē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdɑː(ɹ)si/

Noun

adarce (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin and to treat leprosy.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “adarce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• araced, arcade

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈdar.keː/, [äˈd̪ärkeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdar.t͡ʃe/, [äˈd̪ärt͡ʃe]

Noun

adarcē f (genitive adarcēs); first declension

1. Alternative form of adarca

Inflection

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	adarcē	adarcae
genitive	adarcēs	adarcārum
dative	adarcae	adarcīs
accusative	adarcēn	adarcās
ablative	adarcē	adarcīs
vocative	adarcē	adarcae