出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/02/12 18:40 UTC 版)
massa (plural massas)
Associated with historical slavery in the Southern United States.
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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