出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/06/09 01:13 UTC 版)
massa (plural massas)
An early borrowing from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), possibly via Etruscan. It is uncertain whether the long /aː/ was carried over. Early Latin regularly rendered the Greek sound represented by ⟨ζ⟩ as /ss/; compare patrissō. In Imperial times, when Greek borrowings were entering Latin with ⟨z⟩, the old massa remained, never replaced by *māza.
massa f (genitive massae); first declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | massa | massae |
| genitive | massae | massārum |
| dative | massae | massīs |
| accusative | massam | massās |
| ablative | massā | massīs |
| vocative | massa | massae |
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