tricae
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).[1] Cognate to Latin torqueō.
Noun
trīcae f pl (genitive trīcārum); first declension
- (plural only) trifles, toys, trumpery
- (plural only) hindrances, impediments
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | trīcae |
| Genitive | trīcārum |
| Dative | trīcīs |
| Accusative | trīcās |
| Ablative | trīcīs |
| Vocative | trīcae |
Descendants
- Portuguese: trica
References
- 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
- extricate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- Shipley, The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, p. 408
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