alica

See also: Alica, alică, and -ălică

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλιξ (álix) ‘rice-wheat groat’.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.ka/, [ˈälʲɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.ka/, [ˈäːlikä]

Noun

alica f (genitive alicae); first declension

1. A form of wheat (either spelt or emmer)
2. grits prepared from this grain
3. A drink prepared from these grits

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	alica	alicae
genitive	alicae	alicārum
dative	alicae	alicīs
accusative	alicam	alicās
ablative	alicā	alicīs
vocative	alica	alicae

Alternative forms

• halica

Derived terms

• alicārius
• alicastrum

Descendants

• Romanian: alac
• Sardinian: àlighe, àligu
• Spanish: álaga

References

• “alica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• alica 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)
• alica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “alica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers