fistuca

== English == === Etymology === From Latin fistūca. === Noun === fistuca (plural fistucae) (Ancient Rome) A kind of pile driver. Synonym: fistuca bellica === References === “fistuca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Faucist, faucist == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɪsˈtuː.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fisˈtuː.ka] === Noun === fistūca f (genitive fistūcae); first declension ram, piledriver; alternative form of festūca ==== Usage notes ==== This is the same word as festūca, although some dictionaries do not make a connection between the two. This spelling is generally restricted to the sense given above. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “fistuca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fistuca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “fistuca”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “fistuc-” in volume 6, column 828, in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present