noun · femininefirst declension
pigacia
pigacia f (genitive pigaciae)
Classical[pɪˈɡa.ki.a]Ecclesiastical[piˈɡaː.t͡ʃi.a]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinfemininehistoricalpigache, an 11th–13th century style of footwear with elongated and pointed toes.
c. 1140, Orderic Vitalis, Historia Ecclesiastica, Book VIII, Ch. 10
As one might expect since he had deformed feet, [Fulk the Rude] ordered shoes made for himself that were long and pointy at the end to hide his feet and conceal the swollen growths that are called bunions in the common tongue... whence shoemakers made scorpions' tails as it were in their footwear, which are called pigaches in the common tongue...
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pigacia | pigaciae |
| genitive | pigaciae | pigaciārum |
| dative | pigaciae | pigaciīs |
| accusative | pigaciam | pigaciās |
| ablative | pigaciā | pigaciīs |
| vocative | pigacia | pigaciae |
Origins
From French pigache (“kind of hoe, kind of hoofprint, kind of shoe”).