ischia

See also: Ischia

English

Noun

ischia

1. plural of ischium

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.skja/
• Rhymes: -iskja
• Hyphenation: ì‧schia

Noun

ischia f (plural ischie)

1. Alternative form of eschia: type of oak
   • 1903, Giovanni Pascoli, “La Partenza del Boscaiolo [The Woodcutter's Leaving]”, in Canti di Castelvecchio‎^[1], Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, published 1907, section VI, page 11, lines 1–2:

     Ha il nido qua e là nei buchi ¶ d’ischie o d’olmi, ove gli garba;

     It nests here and there, in the holes ¶ of oaks, or elms, wherever it prefers

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈis.kʰi.a/, [ˈɪs̠kʰiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ki.a/, [ˈiskiä]

Noun

ischia n

1. nominative plural of ischion or ischium
2. accusative plural of ischion or ischium
3. vocative plural of ischion or ischium

References

• “ischia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ischia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ischia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Romansch

Alternative forms

• aschieu (Rumantsch Grischun)
• ischiu (Sursilvan)
• ischieu (Sutsilvan)
• aschaid (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin acētum.

Noun

ischia m

1. (Surmiran) vinegar