LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

pastināca

pastināca f (genitive pastinācae)
Classical[pas.tɪˈnaː.ka]Ecclesiastical[pas.tiˈnaː.ka]

Meaning

  1. parsnip
  2. stingray

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepastinācapastinācae
genitivepastinācaepastinācārum
dativepastinācaepastinācīs
accusativepastinācampastinācās
ablativepastinācāpastinācīs
vocativepastinācapastinācae

pastĭnāca, ae, f. pastino.
I. A parsnip, a term including also our carrot, Plin. 19, 5, 27, § 89; 25, 9, 64, § 112; Isid. Orig. 17, 10.—
II. A fish of prey, the sting-ray, Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 144; 9, 48, 72, § 155; Cels. 6, 9.

Origins

From pastinum + -āca.

Elsewhere
  • Frenchpanaisfrom Old French pasnaie
  • Englishparsnepefrom Old French pasnaie
  • Englishparsnepfrom Old French pasnaie
  • Englishparsnipfrom Old French pasnaie
  • Catalanpastanagafrom Old Occitan pastenago
  • Catalanpastenagafrom Old Occitan pastenago
  • Catalanbastanagafrom Old Occitan pastenago
  • Catalanbastenagafrom Old Occitan pastenago
  • Occitanpastenagafrom Old Occitan pastenago
  • Occitanpastanacafrom Old Occitan pastenago
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianpastinaca
  • Sardinianpastinaca
  • Sardinianfrustinaca
  • Corsicanpastricciolafrom Corsican pastinaccia
  • Neapolitanpastenaca
  • Sicilianvastunaca

In English words that came into English from pastināca

  • parsnippastināca

Quick answers

What does pastināca mean in Latin?
pastināca, a noun, means “parsnip; stingray”.
What is the genitive of pastināca?
The genitive singular is pastinācae. pastināca is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce pastināca?
In classical Latin, [pas.tɪˈnaː.ka]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pas.tiˈnaː.ka].