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cultura
cultura
Latin
Etymology
From cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“I till, cultivate”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kulˈtuː.ra/
Noun
cultūra f (genitive cultūrae); first declension
- care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry
- culture, cultivation
- vocative singular of cultūra
cultūrā
- ablative singular of cultūra
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cultūra | cultūrae |
| genitive | cultūrae | cultūrārum |
| dative | cultūrae | cultūrīs |
| accusative | cultūram | cultūrās |
| ablative | cultūrā | cultūrīs |
| vocative | cultūra | cultūrae |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- cultura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cultura in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CULTURA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cultura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- mental culture: animi, ingenii cultus (not cultura)
- mental culture: animi, ingenii cultus (not cultura)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin cultūra (“culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“I till, cultivate”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɫˈtuɾɐ/
Noun
cultura f (plural culturas)
- culture (arts, customs and habits)
- Action or way of cultivating the land of plants.
- culture of flowers
- Development of certain microbial species.
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:cultura.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kulˈtura]
Noun
cultura f
- definite singular nominative form of cultură.
- definite singular accusative form of cultură.