Motyca

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Mutyca, Mutycē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μότουκᾱ (Mótoukā).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ty.ka/, [ˈmɔ.tʏ.ka]

Proper noun

Motyca f sg (genitive Motycae); first declension

  1. A town of the interior of Sicily, situated between Syracusae and Camarina, now Modica

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Motyca
Genitive Motycae
Dative Motycae
Accusative Motycam
Ablative Motycā
Vocative Motyca
Locative Motycae

Derived terms
  • Motycēnsēs
  • Motycēnsis

References
  • Mŭtyca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Motyca in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Mutyce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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