"culcita" meaning in Latin

See culcita in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkʊɫ.kɪ.ta] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkul̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.ta] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain; proposed derivations include: * According to Varro, from calcō (“to trample”). * From Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-. Cognates include Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom”). * From Proto-Indo-European *ḱol-bʰo-, like English half. Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{der|la|ine-pro|*kʷel-}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-, {{cog|grc|κόλπος||bosom}} Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*ḱol-bʰo-}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱol-bʰo-, {{cog|en|half}} English half Head templates: {{la-noun|culcita<1>}} culcita f (genitive culcitae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|culcita<1>}} Forms: culcitae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], culcita [nominative, singular], culcitae [nominative, plural], culcitae [genitive, singular], culcitārum [genitive, plural], culcitae [dative, singular], culcitīs [dative, plural], culcitam [accusative, singular], culcitās [accusative, plural], culcitā [ablative, singular], culcitīs [ablative, plural], culcita [singular, vocative], culcitae [plural, vocative], culcitra [alternative]
  1. mattress, bedding, pillow, cushion Tags: declension-1, feminine Synonyms: pulvīnus, coxīnus, cervīcal

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "quadripes per angustias cauernae in proximam cellam decubuit super lectum modica culcita",
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        {
          "word": "cervīcal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʊɫ.kɪ.ta]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkul̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.ta]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "culcita"
}

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