Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp). Related to acuō (sharpen, whet), aciēs (edge) and acus (needle) and German Egge (harrow).

Noun edit

occa f (genitive occae); first declension

  1. harrow
    Synonym: hirpex
Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative occa occae
Genitive occae occārum
Dative occae occīs
Accusative occam occās
Ablative occā occīs
Vocative occa occae
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

occā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of occō

References edit

  • occa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • occa 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)
  • occa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.