LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

placenta

placenta f (genitive placentae)
Classical[pɫaˈkɛn.ta]Ecclesiastical[plaˈt͡ʃɛn.ta]

Meaning

  1. femininea placenta cake; a round cake with a ribbed base and a convex top with a knob in the middle and a honey and cheese filling.
  2. femininea dessert cake of any type
    Quid quaeris? Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui Quae vos ad caelum fertis rumore secundo, Utque sacerdotis fugitivus liba recuso,What do you want from me? I live, I am my own master, I left behind the self same things you by common approval so eagerly covet, like the fugitive I have no right to the priest's blessed cake, but bread will quench my hunger over any honeyed delicacy.20 BCE – 14 BCE, Horatius, Epistulae IX.9–11
  3. New Latinabbreviationellipsisfeminineellipsis of placenta uterī: placenta

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeplacentaplacentae
genitiveplacentaeplacentārum
dativeplacentaeplacentīs
accusativeplacentamplacentās
ablativeplacentāplacentīs
vocativeplacentaplacentae

plăcenta, ae, f., = πλακοῦς,
I. a cake, Cato, R. R. 76; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 11; id. S. 2, 8, 24; Juv. 11, 59; Mart. 5, 39, 3; 6, 75, 1; 9, 91, 18.—For an offering, Vulg. Jer. 7, 18.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), πλακοῦντα (plakoûnta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis), πλακοῦς (plakoûs, “flat cake”), from πλάξ (pláx, “flat”).

Descendants
  • Romanianplăcintă
  • Catalanplacenta
  • Englishplacenta
  • Frenchplacenta
  • GermanPlazenta
  • Italianplacenta
  • Portugueseplacenta
  • Romanianplacentă
  • Spanishplacenta
  • Aromanianplãtsintã

Quick answers

What does placenta mean in Latin?
placenta, a noun, means “a placenta cake; a round cake with a ribbed base and a convex top with a knob in the middle and a honey and cheese filling.; a dessert cake of any type”.
What is the genitive of placenta?
The genitive singular is placentae. placenta is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce placenta?
In classical Latin, [pɫaˈkɛn.ta]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [plaˈt͡ʃɛn.ta].