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licium

licium

Latin

Noun

līcium n (genitive līciī); second declension

  1. loop in the texture woven, through which the basic fabric is pulled
  2. thrum, leash
  3. thread

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative līcium līcia
genitive līciī līciōrum
dative līciō līciīs
accusative līcium līcia
ablative līciō līciīs
vocative līcium līcia

Descendants

  • Occitan: liça, lissa
  • Portuguese: liço, liça
  • Romanian: iță
  • Spanish: lizo

References

  1. de Vaan, Michiel, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, vol. 7, of Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, Alexander Lubotsky ed., Leiden: Brill, 2008.
  2. Roberts, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots