Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Urtica f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Urticaceae – the nettles.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Urticaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Urtica atrovirens, Urtica bianorii, Urtica dioica, Urtica ferox, Urtica membranaceae, Urtica morifolia, Urtica pilulifera, Urtica stachyoides, Urtica urens - selected species

Italian

Noun

urtica f ‎(plural urtiche)

1. Variant of ortica.

Anagrams

• crauti, curati

Latin

Etymology

From urere ‎(“to burn”)

Noun

urtīca f ‎(genitive urtīcae); first declension

1. stinging nettle

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “urtica”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.