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noverca
noverca
Latin
Noun
noverca f (genitive novercae); first declension
- stepmother
- (by extension) a person, people, etc. who adopts the role of being a mother, especially to a foreigner.
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | noverca | novercae |
| genitive | novercae | novercārum |
| dative | novercae | novercīs |
| accusative | novercam | novercās |
| ablative | novercā | novercīs |
| vocative | noverca | novercae |
Descendants
Derived terms
- novercālis
- novercor
References
- noverca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- noverca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- NOVERCA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “noverca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.