lucanica

English

Etymology

From Latin lūcānica. Doublet of loukaniko.

Noun

lucanica (uncountable)

1. A short, fat, rustic pork sausage in Ancient Roman cuisine.

Anagrams

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Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of lūcānicus (“Lucanian”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːˈkaː.ni.ka/, [ɫ̪uːˈkäːnɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈka.ni.ka/, [luˈkäːnikä]

Noun

lūcānica f (genitive lūcānicae); first declension

1. a kind of sausage, Lucanian sausage, lucanica
   • c. 45 CE – 96 CE, Statius, Silvae 4.9.20–36:

     Sed Bruti senis oscitationes de capsa miseri libellionis emptum plus minus asse Gaiano, donas. […] non lucanica, non graves falisci, non sal oxyporumve caseusve?

     But no, you send me Brutus’ boring stuff, bought for about a Caligulan as from a poor bookseller’s bag. […] Wasn’t there Lucanian boloney, no heavy Faliscian sujuks, no salt, carminative, or cheese?

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lūcānica	lūcānicae
Genitive	lūcānicae	lūcānicārum
Dative	lūcānicae	lūcānicīs
Accusative	lūcānicam	lūcānicās
Ablative	lūcānicā	lūcānicīs
Vocative	lūcānica	lūcānicae

Descendants

• → Basque: lukainka
• → Byzantine Greek: λουκάνικα (loukánika), λουκάνικον (loukánikon)
  • Greek: λουκάνικο (loukániko)
  • → Albanian: llukanik
  • → Aramaic: לוקניק (lūqānīq), נוקניק (nūqānīq)
    • → Arabic: نَقَانِق (naqāniq), لَقَانِق (laqāniq)
      • ⇒ Arabic: مَقَانِق (maqāniq)
    • → Hebrew: נַקְנִיק (naqnīq)
    • → Persian: نکانک (nakânak)
  • → Bulgarian: луканка (lukanka)
  • → Macedonian: луканец (lukanec)
    • → Aromanian: lucánic, lucánica, culucancu
      • → Romanian: lucanică (rare)
• Catalan: llonganissa, llangonissa
• Galician: longaínza, lengüiza, longüiza, longaíza, longaniza
• Italian: lucanica
• Portuguese: linguiça
• Spanish: longaniza, longariza
  • → Cebuano: longganisa
  • → Tagalog: longganisa
• Venetian: luganega, ługànega, luganiga
  • → Italian: luganega, luganiga

Adjective

lūcānica

1. inflection of lūcānicus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

lūcānicā

1. ablative feminine singular of lūcānicus