tricae
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]tricae
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of uncertain origin:[1]
- Some refer it to a k-extension of Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub”), whence terō (“to rub”), trīticum (“wheat”), intertrīgō (“sore place from rubbing”). This assumes an original meaning and sense development of "crumbs, seeds" > "trifles" > "tricks".[1]
- Others derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”),[2] whence Latin torqueō (“to spin, twist”).
- Another theory compares Tocharian B traiksa (“missed, did not succeed”), triśäm̥ (“must miss”), though the Tocharian has multiple possible reconstructions, rendering this particularly speculative.[1]
Noun
[edit]trīcae f pl (genitive trīcārum); first declension
- (plural only) trifles, toys, trumpery
- (plural only) hindrances, impediments
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | trīcae |
| genitive | trīcārum |
| dative | trīcīs |
| accusative | trīcās |
| ablative | trīcīs |
| vocative | trīcae |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “trīcae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 629-30
- ^ Shipley, The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, p. 408
Further reading
[edit]- “tricae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tricae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tricae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “extricate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.