"epocha" meaning in Latin

See epocha in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈɛ.pɔ.kʰa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɛː.po.ka] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ, “a check, cessation, stop, pause, epoch of a star, i.e., the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, and generally the place of a star; hence, a historical epoch”), from ἐπέχω (epékhō, “I hold in, check”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, hold”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|ἐποχή||a check, cessation, stop, pause, epoch of a star, i.e., the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, and generally the place of a star; hence, a historical epoch}} Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ, “a check, cessation, stop, pause, epoch of a star, i.e., the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, and generally the place of a star; hence, a historical epoch”) Head templates: {{la-noun|epocha<1>|g=f}} epocha f (genitive epochae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|epocha<1>}} Forms: epochae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], epocha [nominative, singular], epochae [nominative, plural], epochae [genitive, singular], epochārum [genitive, plural], epochae [dative, singular], epochīs [dative, plural], epocham [accusative, singular], epochās [accusative, plural], epochā [ablative, singular], epochīs [ablative, plural], epocha [singular, vocative], epochae [plural, vocative]
  1. (Medieval Latin) age, period, time, season, epoch (particular period of history) Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine

Inflected forms

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