vilica

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Feminine form of vīlicus.

Pronunciation

Noun

vīlica f (genitive vīlicae, masculine vīlicus); first declension

  1. a female overseer
  2. the wife of an overseer

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vīlica vīlicae
genitive vīlicae vīlicārum
dative vīlicae vīlicīs
accusative vīlicam vīlicās
ablative vīlicā vīlicīs
vocative vīlica vīlicae

Verb

vīlicā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vīlicō

References

  • vīlĭca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vīlica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vīlĭca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • vilica, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vidlica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋîlit͡sa/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧li‧ca

Noun

vȉlica f (Cyrillic spelling ви̏лица)

  1. (anatomy) jaw
    Synonym: ralje
  2. fork (for eating)
    Synonyms: vìljuška, pirun

Declension

Declension of vilica
singular plural
nominative vilica vilice
genitive vilice vilica
dative vilici vilicama
accusative vilicu vilice
vocative vilice / vilico vilice
locative vilici vilicama
instrumental vilicom vilicama

Further reading

  • vilica”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026