porca

porca , ae, f.: a sow, 8.641. (porcus)

porca, ae, f. [porcus],

• a female swine, a sow, Cato R. R. 134; Pall. 3, 26.— By poet. license for a male swine, a boar, Verg. A. 8, 641 Serv.; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 19: tenera, Juv. 2, 86.

porca, ae, f. [cf. O. H. Germ. furh; Germ. Furche; Engl. furrow],

• the ridge between two furrows, a balk (cf. lira), Varr. L. L. 5, § 39 Müll.; id. R. R. 1, 29; Col. 11, 3, 44.—
• • B In Spain, a measure of land, Col. 5, 1, 5.

1. porca, ae, f. (porcus), das weibliche Schwein, die Sau (hingegen porcus das männliche Schwein), Cato u.a.

2. porca, ae, f. (ahd. furuh, die Furche), A) das zwischen zwei Furchen emporragende Erdreich, das Ackerbeet, Acc. fr., Varro u. Colum. Vgl. Varro LL. 5, 39. Paul. ex Fest. 108, 9. Placid. gloss. V, 37, 15. – B) in Spanien, eine Strecke Ackers, etwa 10 m breit und 60 m lang, Colum. 5, 1, 5.

1 porca [CL] 1 female pig, sow. hec ~a ‥ quod ‥ pro uxore porci dicitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 437; aper ‥ ictum non repetit, ~a [v. l. porcha] vero morsu sevior venatori occurrit, ictus cum morsu acerrime iterans Neckam NR II 139 p. 220; ~a enim quasi spurca dicitur; hinc est quia Sarraceni sicut et Judei porcum execrantur M. Par. Maj. I 271; scrofa, ~a, inde dicitur scrofula SB 38; scropha que sus sociam porcam sibi consociarunt Gower VC I 309; hec ~a, hic et hec sus, hec scrofa, a sow WW. 2 (understood as) porpoise (Phocaena). ~a, a porpays WW.

2 porca [CL] , ridge of soil between two furrows, baulk. hec ~a ‥ pro terra illa que eminet inter duos sulcos quam etiam ‥ crebonem vocamus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 437; balke, in a lond aryyd, ~a PP; creest of a lond eryd, ~a PP; rygge of a lond, ~a PP; 1539 xvij ~as, vulgo riggis RMS Scot 1934; cum pecia lini ~e lie lyntrig Ib. 1963.

porca, (12) æ, f. (porcus), ¶ 1 truie : Cato Agr. 134 ; porca contracta Cic. Leg. 2, 55, obligation encourue de sacrifier une truie [comme expiation] || [poét.] porc : Virg. En. 8, 641 ( Quint. 8, 3, 19 ) ¶ 2 partie proéminente du sillon : Cato Agr. 48 ; Varro R. 1, 29 ; P. Fest. 108, 9 ¶ 3 sorte de mesure agraire en Espagne : Col. Rust. 5, 1, 5.

porca , ae. f.
母猪。田池。控水之溝。闊三丈長乃十八丈之田。

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porca ae, f

• porcus, a female swine, sow: caesa, V., H., Iu.

Porca

A ridge between the furrows of ploughed land (Varro, R. R. i. 29).