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urtica.

stinging-nettle;

6 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ʊrˈtiː.ka]Classical-Latin[urˈtiː.ka]
  1. stinging nettle

    declension-1
  2. sea nettle

    declension-1
  3. a (sexual) itch, prurience

    declension-1 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

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.

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