Italian

Noun

pertica f ‎(plural pertiche)

1. pole, rod
2. beanpole

Anagrams

• carpite, crepati, crepita

Latin

Noun

pertica f ‎(genitive perticae); first declension

1. pole, long staff
2. measuring rod

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• perticalis

Descendants

• Catalan: perxa
• French: perche
• Italian: pertica
• Norman: pèrque
• Spanish: pértiga
• Venetian: pèrtega

References

• pertica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pertica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PERTICA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pertica”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pertica in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin