Motyca

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Mutyca, Mutycē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μοτύκα (Motúka).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Motyca f sg (genitive Motycae); first declension

  1. A town in interior Sicily, situated between Syracusae and Camarina, now Modica

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Motyca
Genitive Motycae
Dative Motycae
Accusative Motycam
Ablative Motycā
Vocative Motyca
Locative Motycae

Derived terms

  • Motycēnsēs
  • Motycēnsis

References

  • Mŭtyca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Motyca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Mutyce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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