huswiva

== Latin == === Alternative forms === hūswȳva === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle English houswyf. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [huːˈsʷiː.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [uˈsʷiː.va] === Noun === hūswīva f (genitive hūswīvae); first declension (Medieval Latin, England) A housewife; the wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Synonym: māterfamiliās Coordinate term: hūsbōndus ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “huswiva”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC