noun · femininefirst declension
pigatia
pigatia f (genitive pigatiae)
Classical[pɪˈɡa.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[piˈɡat.t͡si.a]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinfemininehistoricalsynonym of pigacia, pigache
c. 1140, Orderic Vitalis, Historia Ecclesiastica, Book VIII, Ch. 10
... I have briefly recalled the time when men on this side of the Alps took up the foolishness of pigaches, overflowing excess of hair, and of clothes uselessly sweeping up the filth of the earth.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pigatia | pigatiae |
| genitive | pigatiae | pigatiārum |
| dative | pigatiae | pigatiīs |
| accusative | pigatiam | pigatiās |
| ablative | pigatiā | pigatiīs |
| vocative | pigatia | pigatiae |
Origins
From French pigache (“kind of hoe, kind of hoofprint, kind of shoe”).