huswivaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from 中期英語 houswyf.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [huːˈsʷiː.wa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [uˈsʷiː.va]

名詞

hūswīva f (genitive hūswīvae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, England) A housewife; the wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

   Synonym: māterfamiliās

   Coordinate term: hūsbōndus

   • 1975, John Morris, editor, Domesday Book‎, volume Boldon Book: Northumberland and Durham, Phillimore, →OCLC, page 24:

     Et omnes firmarii faciunt iiii precationes in autumpno cum tota familia excepta huswiva.

     And all the tenants do 4 prayers in the autumn with the whole family except the housewife.

語形変化

First-declension noun.

参照

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “huswiva”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC