English

Noun

amurca ‎(plural amurcas)

1. The sediment in olive oil.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμόργη ‎(amórgē), from ἀμέργω ‎(amérgō, “pluck, pull”).

Noun

amurca f ‎(genitive amurcae); first declension

1. The watery part that flows out in pressing olives
2. The lees or dregs of oil

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Aragonese: morca
• English: amurca
• Italian: morchia
• Portuguese: amurca
• Spanish: amurca, morga, murga

References

• amurca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amurca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amurca”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin amurca.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmurkɐ/

Noun

amurca f (plural amurcas)

1. amurca

Synonyms

• almofeira
• albufeira