Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

judecca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: judec-ca
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A zone in Dante's Inferno reserved to the traitors to masters and benefactors, named after Judas Iscariot

Example Sentences

"The Judecca, or Last Circlet of Cocytus, takes its name from Judas Iscariot, and contains the souls of those ‘who betrayed their masters and benefactors.’ […] Dante […] is carried through the Centre by his Mystic Guide—“grappling on the hair of Satan,” not without significance; and set down on “the other face of the Judecca.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Giudecca, from giudecca (“Jewish ghetto”), from Medieval Latin iudeca, from Latin iūdaica, feminine form of iūdaicus (“Judaic, Jewish”), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah, Judas”). Doublet of Judaica and Giudecca.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: Giudecca, iudeca, iūdaica, יְהוּדָה

Inflected Forms

the Judecca (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

Antenora Ptolomea Caina

Questions

What does judecca mean?: A zone in Dante's Inferno reserved to the traitors to masters and benefactors, named after Judas Iscariot
Where does judecca come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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