arinca

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, only attested in Pliny the Elder and there connected as Gaulish.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈrin.ka/, [äˈrɪŋkä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈrin.ka/, [äˈriŋkä]

Noun

arinca f (genitive arincae); first declension

1. A kind of grain also called olyra

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	arinca	arincae
genitive	arincae	arincārum
dative	arincae	arincīs
accusative	arincam	arincās
ablative	arincā	arincīs
vocative	arinca	arincae

References

• “arinca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arinca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Anagrams

• crania

Portuguese

Etymology

Related to arenque (“herring”), sharing a process in the fish's salting.

Noun

arinca f (plural arincas)

1. haddock (marine fish)

   Synonyms: hadoque, eglefim

References

• Williams & Norgate (1864): An Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages; chiefly from the German of F. Diez. By T. C. Donkin