lucanica

English

Etymology

From Latin lūcānica. Doublet of loukaniko.

Noun

lucanica (uncountable)

1. A short, fat, rustic pork sausage in Ancient Roman cuisine.

Anagrams

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Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of lūcānicus (“Lucanian”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːˈkaː.ni.ka/, [ɫ̪uːˈkäːnɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈka.ni.ka/, [luˈkäːnikä]

Noun

lūcānica f (genitive lūcānicae); first declension

1. a kind of sausage, Lucanian sausage, lucanica
   • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 4.9.20–36:

     Sed Bruti senis oscitationes de capsa miseri libellionis emptum plus minus asse Gaiano, donas. […] non lucanica, non graves falisci, non sal oxyporumve caseusve?

     But no, you send me Brutus’ boring stuff, bought for about a Caligulan as from a poor bookseller’s bag. […] Wasn’t there Lucanian boloney, no heavy Faliscian sujuks, no salt, carminative, or cheese?

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lūcānica	lūcānicae
genitive	lūcānicae	lūcānicārum
dative	lūcānicae	lūcānicīs
accusative	lūcānicam	lūcānicās
ablative	lūcānicā	lūcānicīs
vocative	lūcānica	lūcānicae

Descendants

• → Basque: lukainka
• → Byzantine Greek: λουκάνικον (loukánikon) (see there for further descendants)
• Italian: lucanica
• Venetan: luganega, ługànega, luganiga
  • → Italian: luganega, luganiga
• Vulgar Latin: *lūcānīcia
  • Catalan: llonganissa, llangonissa
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: *longueĩça
    • Galician: longaínza
    • Portuguese: linguiça
      • → English: linguica
  • Old Spanish: longaniza
    • Spanish: longaniza
      • → Cebuano: longganisa
      • → English: longaniza
      • → Tagalog: longganisa

Adjective

lūcānica

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

Adjective

lūcānicā

1. ablative feminine singular of lūcānicus