wacta

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Frankish *wahta (watch, guard duty, watchtower). Attested sometime before 815 CE.

Noun

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wacta f (genitive wactae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)[1][2]

  1. watch, guard duty
  2. patrol area
  3. watchtower, lookout

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative wacta wactae
genitive wactae wactārum
dative wactae wactīs
accusative wactam wactās
ablative wactā wactīs
vocative wacta wactae

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “wacta”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 118
  2. ^ wacta 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)