tricae
Latin
Etymology
- Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to rub”), whence terō.
- Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”),[1] whence Latin torqueō.
Noun
trīcae f pl (genitive trīcārum); first declension
- (plural only) trifles, toys, trumpery
- (plural only) hindrances, impediments
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | trīcae |
| Genitive | trīcārum |
| Dative | trīcīs |
| Accusative | trīcās |
| Ablative | trīcīs |
| Vocative | trīcae |
Descendants
- Portuguese: trica
References
- “tricae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tricae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tricae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “extricate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Shipley, The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, p. 408
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