culcita

== Latin == === Alternative forms === culcitra (see there for further descendants) === Etymology === Uncertain; proposed derivations include: According to Varro, from calcō (“to trample”). From Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-. Cognates include Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom”). From Proto-Indo-European *ḱol-bʰo-, like English half. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊɫ.kɪ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkul̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.ta] === Noun === culcita f (genitive culcitae); first declension mattress, bedding, pillow, cushion Synonyms: (pillow) pulvīnus, coxīnus, cervīcal ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “culcita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “culcita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "culcita", 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) “culcita”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “culcita”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “culcita”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin