LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

hūswīva

hūswīva f (genitive hūswīvae)
Classical[huːˈsʷiː.wa]Ecclesiastical[uˈsʷiː.va]

Meaning

  1. EnglandMedieval Latina housewife (the wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female of a household)
    Et omnes firmarii faciunt iiii precationes in autumpno cum tota familia excepta huswiva.And all the tenants do 4 prayers in the autumn with the whole family except the housewife.c. 1183, [[[w:Boldon Buke|Boldon Buke]]]; republished as John Morris, editor, Boldon Book: Northumberland and Durham, Phillimore, 1982, →OCLC, page 24:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehūswīvahūswīvae
hūswȳvae
genitivehūswīvae
hūswȳvae		hūswīvārum
hūswȳvārum
dativehūswīvae
hūswȳvae		hūswīvīs
hūswȳvīs
accusativehūswīvam
hūswȳvam		hūswīvās
hūswȳvās
ablativehūswīvāhūswīvīs
hūswȳvīs
vocativehūswīvahūswīvae
hūswȳvae

Origins

Borrowed from Middle English houswyf.

Quick answers

What does hūswīva mean in Latin?
hūswīva, a noun, means “a housewife (the wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female of a household)”.
What is the genitive of hūswīva?
The genitive singular is hūswīvae. hūswīva is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce hūswīva?
In classical Latin, [huːˈsʷiː.wa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [uˈsʷiː.va].