LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

vēsīca

vēsīca f (genitive vēsīcae)
Classical[weːˈsiː.ka]Ecclesiastical[veˈs̬iː.ka]

Meaning

  1. bladder, urinary bladder
    vēsīca ūrīnāriaurinary bladder

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevēsīcavēsīcae
genitivevēsīcaevēsīcārum
dativevēsīcaevēsīcīs
accusativevēsīcamvēsīcās
ablativevēsīcāvēsīcīs
vocativevēsīcavēsīcae

vēsīca (in MSS. often vensīca or vessīca), ae, f.,
I. the bladder in the body of animals, the urinary bladder.
I. Lit., Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 18; Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 96; Plin. 30, 8, 21, § 65; Hor. S. 1, 8, 46; Petr. 27; App. M. 1, p. 108, 30.—
II. Transf.
A. Any thing made of bladder, e. g. a purse, cap, lantern, foot-ball, etc., Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 2; Ov. M. 15, 304; Mart. 8, 33, 19; 8, 14, 62: faciem laxis vesicis inligant, as a kind of mask to exclude poisonous particles, Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122; Sen. Q. N. 2, 27, 2; Cels. 3, 21; 3, 27, 2.—
B. A bladder-like tumor, blister, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 51.—
C. = pudendum muliebre, Juv. 1, 39; 6, 64.—
III. Trop., inflation of language, bombast, = tumor, Mart. 4, 49, 7.

Origins

Possibly from an onomatopoeic root related to vissiō.

Descendants
  • Occitanvesigafrom Old Occitan veziga
  • Englishvesica
  • Romanianvezică

In English words that came into English from vēsīca

  • vesiclevēsīcula
  • vesicavēsīca
  • vesicalvēsīca
  • vesiculosevesiculosus

Quick answers

What does vēsīca mean in Latin?
vēsīca, a noun, means “bladder, urinary bladder”.
What is the genitive of vēsīca?
The genitive singular is vēsīcae. vēsīca is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce vēsīca?
In classical Latin, [weːˈsiː.ka]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [veˈs̬iː.ka].
Which English words come from vēsīca?
English words that go back to Latin vēsīca include vesica, vesical, vesicle and vesiculose.