cectoria
Latin
Etymology
Unknown.[1] Possibly a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *kanxtus (“plow”), a variant of *kankā (“branch”), hence Old Irish cécht.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɛkˈtoː.ri.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃekˈt̪ɔː.ri.a]
Noun
cectōria f (genitive cectōriae); first declension
- A ditch that delimits the boundaries
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cectōria | cectōriae |
| genitive | cectōriae | cectōriārum |
| dative | cectōriae | cectōriīs |
| accusative | cectōriam | cectōriās |
| ablative | cectōriā | cectōriīs |
| vocative | cectōria | cectōriae |
Derived terms
- cectōriālis
References
- ^ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “cectōria”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 193
- ^ Vendryes, J. (1937), “Variétés étymologiques”, in Études Celtiques[1] (in French), volume 2, pages 127–36
- “cectoria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.