urtica

== Italian == === Noun === urtica f (plural urtiche) alternative form of ortica === Anagrams === crauti, curati == Latin == === Etymology === Unknown. Ernout and Meillet rejects association with ūrō (“to burn”) as a folk etymology, since that verb etymologically has a stem ending in -s- and so should have yielded *ū̆stīca instead. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊrˈtiː.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [urˈtiː.ka] === Noun === urtīca f (genitive urtīcae); first declension stinging nettle sea nettle (figuratively) a (sexual) itch, prurience ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “urtica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “urtica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “urtica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Verb === urtica inflection of urticar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative