moechia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μοιχεία (moikheía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moe̯ˈkʰiː.a/, [moe̯ˈkʰiːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈki.a/, [meˈkiːä]

Noun

moechīa f (genitive moechīae); first declension

1. adultery

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	moechīa	moechīae
genitive	moechīae	moechīārum
dative	moechīae	moechīīs
accusative	moechīam	moechīās
ablative	moechīā	moechīīs
vocative	moechīa	moechīae

Related terms

• moechor

References

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