LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

porca1

porca f (genitive porcae)
Classical[ˈpɔr.ka]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔr.ka]

Meaning

  1. femininesow (female pig)

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Porca · Sulcus · Lira

Porca (from σπαράξαι) is the ridge between two furrows, the soil thrown up; sulcus (ὁλκός) the furrow itself, the trench made by the plough; lira (λέχριος?) sometimes one, sometimes the other. (vi. 277.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeporcaporcae
genitiveporcaeporcārum
dativeporcaeporcīs
accusativeporcamporcās
ablativeporcāporcīs
vocativeporcaporcae

porca, ae, f. porcus,
I. a female swine, a sow, Cato, R. R. 134; Pall. 3, 26.— By poet. license for a male swine, a boar, Verg. A. 8, 641 Serv.; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 19: tenera, Juv. 2, 86.

Origins

Inherited from Proto-Italic *porkā (“female pig”).

Descendants
  • Catalanporca
  • Italianporca
  • Occitanpòrca
  • Portugueseporca
  • Romanianpoarcă
  • Spanishpuerca
  • Aromanianpoarcã
  • Galicianporca
  • Megleno-Romanianpoarcă
  • Mirandesepuorca
noun · femininefirst declension
porca2
porca f (genitive porcae)
Classical[ˈpɔr.ka]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔr.ka]

Meaning

  1. femininethe ridge between two furrows; a balk; a lynchet

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeporcaporcae
genitiveporcaeporcārum
dativeporcaeporcīs
accusativeporcamporcās
ablativeporcāporcīs
vocativeporcaporcae

porca, ae, f. cf. O. H. Germ. furh; Germ. Furche; Engl. furrow,
I. the ridge between two furrows, a balk (cf. lira), Varr. L. L. 5, § 39 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 29; Col. 11, 3, 44.—
B. In Spain, a measure of land, Col. 5, 1, 5.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *porkā (“furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱeh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“to dig”). Compare English furrow. Doublet of riga.

Descendants
  • Catalanporca
  • Italianporca
  • Romanianporcoi
  • Spanishtuercafrom Old Spanish puerca
  • Spanishpuercafrom Old Spanish puerca
  • Portuguesealporquia
  • Galicianporca

Quick answers

What does porca mean in Latin?
porca, a noun, means “sow (female pig)”.
What is the genitive of porca?
The genitive singular is porcae. porca is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce porca?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɔr.ka]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɔr.ka].