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Webster 1913 Edition
Utica
U′ti-ca
,Adj.
[So called from
Utica
, in New York.] (Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a subdivision of the Trenton Period of the Lower Silurian, characterized in the State of New York by beds of shale.
Definition 2024
Utica
Utica
English
Proper noun
Utica
- A Phoenician colony on the African coast, near Carthage.
- Any of various cities in the United States, most notably a city in New York.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From a Phoenician term cognate to Hebrew עתיק.
Proper noun
Utica f (genitive Uticae); first declension
- Utica (ancient Punic city in modern Tunisia)
Declension
First declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Utica |
| genitive | Uticae |
| dative | Uticae |
| accusative | Uticam |
| ablative | Uticā |
| vocative | Utica |
| locative | Uticae |
References
- Utica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Utica”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.