Marica

See also: marica and Maricá

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈriː.ka/, [mäˈriːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈri.ka/, [mäˈriːkä]

Proper noun

Marīca f sg (genitive Marīcae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) A nymph, mother of Latinus

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Marīca
Genitive	Marīcae
Dative	Marīcae
Accusative	Marīcam
Ablative	Marīcā
Vocative	Marīca

References

• “Marica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Marica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Màrija +‎ -ca.

Proper noun

Mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рица)

1. a female given name, Hypocoristic of Màrija

Etymology 2

Perhaps the same as above.

Proper noun

Mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏рица)

1. Maritsa (a river in Bulgaria)