praefica
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from praeficiō (“I place in command”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈprae̯.fi.ka/, [ˈpräe̯fɪkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpre.fi.ka/, [ˈprɛːfikä]
Noun
[edit]praefica f (genitive praeficae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | praefica | praeficae |
| genitive | praeficae | praeficārum |
| dative | praeficae | praeficīs |
| accusative | praeficam | praeficās |
| ablative | praeficā | praeficīs |
| vocative | praefica | praeficae |
Descendants
[edit]- Italian: prefica
References
[edit]- praefica 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)
- praefica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “praefica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press