LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

cicāda

cicāda f (genitive cicādae)
Classical[kɪˈkaː.da]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃiˈkaː.da]

Meaning

  1. cicada, tree-cricket

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecicāda
cicāla		cicādae
cicālae
genitivecicādae
cicālae		cicādārum
cicālārum
dativecicādae
cicālae		cicādīs
cicālīs
accusativecicādam
cicālam		cicādās
cicālās
ablativecicādā
cicālā		cicādīs
cicālīs
vocativecicāda
cicāla		cicādae
cicālae

cĭcāda, ae, f.,
I. the cicada, tree-cricket: Cicada orni, Linn.; Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 92 sq.; Lucr. 4, 56; 5, 801; Verg. E. 2, 13; 5, 77; id. G. 3, 328; id. Cul. 151 al.—Worn as an ornament in the hair of the Athenians, Verg. Cir. 128 Sillig; cf. Lidd. and Scott, under τέττιξ.—As a symbol of summer, Ov. A. A. 1, 271; Juv. 9, 69.

Origins

Unknown. Probably an onomatopoeic loanword from a lost Mediterranean substrate language.

Elsewhere
  • Englishcicada
  • GermanZikade
  • Romaniancicadă
  • Portuguesecigarra
  • Spanishcigarra
  • TranslingualCicadidaefrom Translingual Cicada
  • TranslingualCicadinaefrom Translingual Cicada
  • TranslingualCicadinafrom Translingual Cicada
  • TranslingualCicadinifrom Translingual Cicada
  • Translingualcicadae
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalancigala
  • Spanishcigalafrom Catalan cigala
  • Occitancigalafrom Old Occitan cigala
  • Frenchcigalefrom Old Occitan cigala
Italo-Romance
  • Italiancicala
  • Englishcicalafrom Italian cicala
  • Corsicancicala
Mozarabic
  • Portuguesechicharra
  • Spanishchicharra
  • Galicianchicharra
Balkan Romance
  • Romaniancicoare
  • Albanianqingallë
  • Albaniangjinkallë
Insular Romance
  • Sardinianchicula
North Italian
  • Emilianzighèla
  • Friulianciale
  • Piedmontesesiala
  • Romagnolzghêla
  • Venetançigala
  • Venetansigala
  • Venetansigała
Ibero-Romance
  • Aragonesezicala
  • Mozarabicčiqâla

In English words that came into English from cicāda

  • cicadacicāda

Quick answers

What does cicāda mean in Latin?
cicāda, a noun, means “cicada, tree-cricket”.
What is the genitive of cicāda?
The genitive singular is cicādae. cicāda is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce cicāda?
In classical Latin, [kɪˈkaː.da]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃiˈkaː.da].