lucanica
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lūcānica. Doublet of loukaniko.
Noun edit
lucanica (uncountable)
- A short, fat, rustic pork sausage in Ancient Roman cuisine.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Feminine form of lūcānicus (“Lucanian”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /luːˈkaː.ni.ka/, [ɫ̪uːˈkäːnɪkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /luˈka.ni.ka/, [luˈkäːnikä]
Noun edit
lūcānica f (genitive lūcānicae); first declension
- 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?
- Sed Bruti senis oscitationes de capsa miseri libellionis emptum plus minus asse Gaiano, donas. […] non lucanica, non graves falisci, non sal oxyporumve caseusve?
Declension edit
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 edit
- → Basque: lukainka
- → Byzantine Greek: λουκάνικα (loukánika), λουκάνικον (loukánikon)
- Catalan: llonganissa, llangonissa
- Galician: longaínza, lengüiza, longüiza, longaíza, longaniza
- Italian: lucanica
- Portuguese: linguiça
- Spanish: longaniza, longariza
- → Cebuano: longganisa
- → Tagalog: longganisa
- Venetian: luganega, ługànega, luganiga
Adjective edit
lūcānica
- inflection of lūcānicus:
Adjective edit
lūcānicā