English

Proper noun

Spica

1. (astronomy) A binary star in the constellation Virgo; alpha (α) Virginis.

Translations

Anagrams

• aspic, pacis, picas

English

Noun

spica ‎(plural spicas or spicae)

1. (botany) A spike.
2. A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk.

Anagrams

• aspic, pacis, picas

Italian

Noun

spica f ‎(plural spiche)

1. ear (of corn); spike (Variant of: spiga)
2. lavender

Anagrams

• aspic, cispa, pasci, scapi

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *spey- ‎(“sharp, sharp stick”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.ka/

Alternative forms

• spīcum
• spīcus

Noun

spīca f ‎(genitive spīcae); first declension

1. (of grain) A head, ear, spike

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• spīcilegium

Descendants

References

• spica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SPICA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “spica”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspʲit͡sa]

Adjective

spica

1. nominative singular feminine of spicy

Participle

spica

1. nominative singular feminine of spicy

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin spica ‎(“spike, ear (of corn)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪka/
• Hyphenation: spi‧ca

Noun

spica f (plural spichi)

1. spike, ear