apica

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄποκος (ápokos, “without nap, not shorn”).

Noun

apīca f (genitive apīcae); first declension

1. A sheep that has no wool on the belly

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	apīca	apīcae
genitive	apīcae	apīcārum
dative	apīcae	apīcīs
accusative	apīcam	apīcās
ablative	apīcā	apīcīs
vocative	apīca	apīcae

References

• “apica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• apica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.