emetica

== Italian == === Adjective === emetica feminine singular of emetico === Anagrams === acemeti == Latin == === Etymology === Feminine form of emeticus (“emetic”, adjective). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐμετῐκή (emetĭkḗ). === Pronunciation === emetica: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈmɛ.tɪ.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈmɛː.ti.ka] emeticā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈmɛ.tɪ.kaː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈmɛː.ti.ka] === Adjective === emetica inflection of emeticus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural === Adjective === emeticā ablative feminine singular of emeticus === Noun === emetica f (genitive emeticae); first declension (nominalized) incitement to vomit; emetic (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) ==== Inflection ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: emetic === References === “emeticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press