Spica

See also: spica and Spicą

English

Etymology

Latin spīca virginis "Virgo's ear of grain"

Proper noun

Spica

(astronomy) A binary star in the constellation Virgo; alpha (α) Virginis.
- 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921:
  The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude.

Translations

star

Chinese:
Cantonese: 角宿一 (gok³ sau³ jat¹)

Mandarin: 角宿一 (Jiǎosùyī)
Greek: Στάχυς (el) (Stáchys)
Irish: Spica m
Latin: spīca virginis
Maori: Whiti-kaupeka
Persian: اسپر (fa) (espor), بی‌ژوبین (bi-žubin)
Russian: Спи́ка f (Spíka)
Scottish Gaelic: Searag f

Anagrams

APICs, CISPA, ISPCA, PICAs, aspic, pacis, picas, scapi

Italian

Etymology

From Latin spīca (“ear of grain”).

Proper noun

Spica f

Spica

Anagrams

aspic, caspi, cispa, pasci, scapi

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin spīca virginis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspi.t͡sa/
Rhymes: -it͡sa
Syllabification: Spi‧ca

Proper noun

Spica f

(astronomy) Spica (blue-white giant star)
Synonyms: Kłos, Kłos Panny

Declension

Declension of Spica

	singular
nominative	Spica
genitive	Spicy
dative	Spicy
accusative	Spicę
instrumental	Spicą
locative	Spicy
vocative	Spico

Further reading

Spica in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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