emetica

See also: emética

Italian

Adjective

emetica

1. feminine singular of emetico

Anagrams

• acemeti

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of emeticus (“emetic”, adjective). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐμετῐκή (emetikḗ).

Pronunciation

• emetica: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈme.ti.ka/, [ɛˈmɛt̪ɪkä]
• emetica: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈme.ti.ka/, [eˈmɛːt̪ikä]
• emeticā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈme.ti.kaː/, [ɛˈmɛt̪ɪkäː]
• emeticā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈme.ti.ka/, [eˈmɛːt̪ikä]

Adjective

emetica

1. inflection of emeticus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

emeticā

1. ablative feminine singular of emeticus

Noun

emetica f (genitive emeticae); first declension

1. (nominalized) incitement to vomit; emetic

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Inflection

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	emetica	emeticae
genitive	emeticae	emeticārum
dative	emeticae	emeticīs
accusative	emeticam	emeticās
ablative	emeticā	emeticīs
vocative	emetica	emeticae

Descendants

• → English: emetic

References

• “emeticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press