pertica

From Latin pertica.

pertica f (plural pertiche)

1. pole, rod
2. beanpole

• carpite, crepati, crepita

From Proto-Italic *perth, *pertikā, see also Oscan 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌄𐌊 (perek, “pole”), Umbrian 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌊𐌀𐌅 (perkav, “rod”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pertʰ- (“pole, sprout”) (Ancient Greek πτόρθος (ptórthos, “sprout”), Sanskrit कपृथ् (kapṛth, “penis”)), though de Vaan dismisses this as unconvincing.

Compare ridica (“stake”).

pertica f (genitive perticae); first declension

1. pole, long staff
2. measuring rod
3. (units of measure) rod, (especially) the Roman rod of 10 ft (about 3 m)

First declension.

• decempeda

• perticalis

• Catalan: perxa
  • Spanish: percha
• English: perch, pertica
• French: perche
• Galician: pértega
• Italian: pertica, percha
• Norman: pèrque
• Portuguese: pértiga, pírtiga
• Spanish: pértiga
• Venetian: pèrtega

• pertica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pertica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pertica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pertica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pertica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN