africia

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Āfrica, āfricus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈfri.ki.a/, [äˈfrɪkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈfri.t͡ʃi.a/, [äˈfriːt͡ʃiä]

Noun

āfricia f (genitive āfriciae); first declension

1. (Late Latin, rare) a type of cake used in sacrifices

   quid fitilla, quid frumen, quid africia- Arnobius

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	āfricia	āfriciae
genitive	āfriciae	āfriciārum
dative	āfriciae	āfriciīs
accusative	āfriciam	āfriciās
ablative	āfriciā	āfriciīs
vocative	āfricia	āfriciae

Descendants

• Aromanian: afreatsã

References

• "africia", 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)