alica

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλιξ (álix) ‘rice-wheat groat’. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.lɪ.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.li.ka] === Noun === alica f (genitive alicae); first declension A form of wheat (either spelt or emmer) grits prepared from this grain A drink prepared from these grits ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Alternative forms ==== halica ==== Derived terms ==== alicārius alicastrum ==== Descendants ==== Romanian: alac Sardinian: àlighe, àligu Spanish: álaga === References === “alica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "alica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “alica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “alica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers