noun · neutersecond declension
pittacium
pittacium n (genitive pittaciī or pittacī)
Classical[pɪtˈta.ki.ũː]Ecclesiastical[pitˈtaː.t͡ʃi.um]
Meaning
- Late Latinneuterlabel, ticket on a wine bottle or amphora
- Late Latinneuterlabel, ticket for publicity of a right to enter to or use a place
- Late Latinfigurativelyneutera public proclamation, announcement
- Late Latinneutera directory, index, register
- Late Latinneutera writ or document attesting the conclusion of an agreement of any kind
- Late Latinneutera writ or document confirming the receival of a performance, a quittance
- Late Latinneutera plaster; small piece of linen with salve
- Late Latinneutera patch on a garment
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pittacium | pittacia |
| genitive | pittaciī pittacī | pittaciōrum |
| dative | pittaciō | pittaciīs |
| accusative | pittacium | pittacia |
| ablative | pittaciō | pittaciīs |
| vocative | pittacium | pittacia |
pittăcĭum, ĭi, n., = πιττάκιον.
I. A little leaf or slip of parchment, etc.; a ticket, label, on wine-bottles, etc.:
amphorae vitreae, quarum in cervicibus pittacia erant affixa cum hoc titulo: Falernum Opimianum Annorum Centum, Petr. 34; so id. 56; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21 fin.; Cod. Th. 7, 4, 11.— II. A small piece of linen or leather spread with salve, a plaster, Cels. 3, 10, 2.—
III. A patch on a garment or shoe:
calceamenta pittaciis consuta, Vulg. Josh. 9, 5.Origins
From Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion, “receipt, ticket”).
Descendants
- Catalanpedaç
- Italianpetacciola
- Italianpetaccia
- Italianpetazza
- Occitanpedaç
- Occitanpetaç
- Portuguesepedaçofrom Old Galician-Portuguese pedaço
- Romanianpetic
- Romanianpetec
- Spanishpedazofrom Old Spanish pedaço