noun · femininefirst declension
planca
planca f (genitive plancae)
Meaning
- Late Latinfeminineslat, plank
Boves nitidiores fient, si focum proxime habeant et lumen intendant. Octo pedes ad spatium standi singulis boum paribus abundant et in porrectione quindecim. Plancae roboreae subponantur stationibus equorum cum stramine, ut iacentibus molle sit, stantibus durum.
The cattle is mannered better if they have the fire close and attain light. Eight feet of room for a pair of bovines if they stand and fifteen if they lie. Oak planks should be laid into the stables with straw, so the lying flanks have it soft and the standing hooves hard.4th c./5th c. AD, Palladius, Opus agriculturae I.XXI
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Axes · Plancæ · Tabulæ
Axes or asses, and plancæ, are unwrought boards, as they come from the saw, and asses as a usual term, plancæ as a technical term; whereas tabulæ are boards that have been made smooth by the plane, to serve the purposes of luxury. (vi. 34.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | planca | plancae |
| genitive | plancae | plancārum |
| dative | plancae | plancīs |
| accusative | plancam | plancās |
| ablative | plancā | plancīs |
| vocative | planca | plancae |
planca, ae, f. root πλακ-; v. 2. plaga, = πλάξ,
I. a board, slab, plank (post-Aug.): plancae tabulae planae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.:
roboreae, Pall. 1, 21, 2.—II. A slab of marble, slab upon graves, Inscr. Don. 278, 3; Inscr. Murat. 1427, 4.
Origins
From phalanga.
Descendants
- Italianpianca
- Frenchplanchefrom Old French planche
- Portuguesechanca
- Asturianllanca
- Asturianallancar
- Anglo-Normanplankefrom Old French planche
- Bourguignonplainchefrom Old French planche
- Champenoispiainchefrom Old French planche
- Normanplianchefrom Old French planche
- Normanplaunquefrom Old French planche
In English words that came into English from planca
- plankplanca