LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

amurca

amurca f (genitive amurcae)

Meaning

  1. feminineamurca: the watery part that flows out in pressing olives, the lees or dregs of oil
    Coordinate term: fracēs
    Semina vidi equidem multos medicare serentes Et nitro prius et nigra perfundere amurca, Grandior ut fetus siliquis fallacibus essetI likewise saw many steep seeds as they were sowing and, beforehand, treat them with alkalis and the dregs of black olive-oil, that bigger fruits may grow inside the deceitful pod, and they quickly boil to however small a fire.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 1.193–196

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeamurcaamurcae
genitiveamurcaeamurcārum
dativeamurcaeamurcīs
accusativeamurcamamurcās
ablativeamurcāamurcīs
vocativeamurcaamurcae

ămurca (better than ămurga), ae, f., = ἀμόργη (cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 194),
I. the watery part that flows out in pressing olives, the lees or dregs of oil, Cato, R. R. 91; 101; 103; Varr. R. R. 1, 64; Col. 12, 50, 5; Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 33; Verg. G. 3, 448.

Origins

From Ancient Greek ἀμόργη (amórgē), possibly via Etruscan.

Descendants
  • Catalanmorca
  • Englishamurca
  • Italianmorchia
  • Portugueseamurca
  • Spanishmorga
  • Spanishmurga
  • Spanishamurca
  • Sardinianmurga
  • Aragonesemorca
  • Asturianmuerga

Quick answers

What does amurca mean in Latin?
amurca, a noun, means “amurca: the watery part that flows out in pressing olives, the lees or dregs of oil”.
What is the genitive of amurca?
The genitive singular is amurcae. amurca is feminine, first declension.