acia

See also: -acia

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

acia f (genitive aciae); first declension

1. thread, yarn

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acia	aciae
Genitive	aciae	aciārum
Dative	aciae	aciīs
Accusative	aciam	aciās
Ablative	aciā	aciīs
Vocative	acia	aciae

Descendants

• Eastern:
  • Aromanian: atsã
  • Romanian: ață
• Dalmatian:
  • jaz
• North Italian:
  • Emilian: asa, aza
  • Friulian: açe
  • Ladin: acia
  • Ligurian: assa
  • Lombard: ascia

    Eastern: assa

    Northern: acia, escia

  • Piedmontese: acia (Northwestern)
  • Romagnol: aza
  • Romansch: atscha
  • Old Venetian: aza
    • Venetian: aza
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: accia
  • Italian: accia
  • Neapolitan: accia

    Tarantino: azza

  • Sicilian: azza (Calabrian, Salentino)
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Walloon: ache, aiche
    • Walloon: èce, èsse (obsolete)
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Gascon: asse, açe

References

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

Romanian

Adverb

acia

1. Alternative form of aici