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Vesica
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Ve-si′ca
,Noun.
[L.]
A bladder.
Vesica piscis
. [L., fish bladder.]
(Eccl. Art)
A glory, or aureole, of oval shape, or composed of two arcs of circles usually represented as surrounding a divine personage. More rarely, an oval composed of two arcs not representing a glory; a solid oval, etc.
Definition 2024
vesica
vesica
English
Noun
vesica (plural vesicae)
- (anatomy) A bladder, especially the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
- The vesica piscis or oval aureole in mediaeval painting
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Translations
bladder
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-, see also Latin venter, uterus and German Wanst.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /weːˈsiː.ka/
Noun
vēsīca f (genitive vēsīcae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vēsīca | vēsīcae |
| genitive | vēsīcae | vēsīcārum |
| dative | vēsīcae | vēsīcīs |
| accusative | vēsīcam | vēsīcās |
| ablative | vēsīcā | vēsīcīs |
| vocative | vēsīca | vēsīcae |
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References
- vesica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vesica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vesica”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.