posca

See also: Posca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin posca.

Noun

posca (uncountable)

  1. A drink in Ancient Rome and Greece, made by mixing sour wine or vinegar with water and herbs.

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin posca.

Noun

posca f (plural posche)

  1. posca

Latin

Alternative forms
  • pusca

Etymology

From pōtō.

Noun

pōsca f (genitive pōscae); first declension

  1. an acidulous drink of vinegar and water

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pōsca pōscae
Genitive pōscae pōscārum
Dative pōscae pōscīs
Accusative pōscam pōscās
Ablative pōscā pōscīs
Vocative pōsca pōscae

Descendants

References
  • posca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • posca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • posca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • posca in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • posca in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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