Parca

parca parça Italian Etymology it Pronunciation Proper noun mfbysense it Further reading parca Latin Etymology Suggestions include: la parcō to spare la pariō to give birth818 la plicō, la plectō to plait Pronunciation Parca Proper noun Parca<1.both> any one of the Fates the three goddesses who control destiny la Virgil Aeneid 1 21 22 hinc populum, lātē rēgem bellōque superbum,ventūrum excidiō Libyae: sīc volvere Parcās. Because these people, wide-ruling and proud in war,would come to destroy Libya: The Fates [were] thus to spin.(Rome would defeat Carthage in Libya; the Fates spun, measured and cut the metaphorical threads of life. See: Parcae. Notes: regem is an abbreviation of present active participle regentem or regnantem, “ruling”; bello is an ablative of respect, “in respect to war”; excidio is a dative of purpose, “for the destruction.” The grammar and idiom of sic volvere Parcas is variously interpreted, e.g.: “thus the Fates were spinning,” “the Fates had so decreed.”) Declension Parca<1.both> Descendants fr Parque it Parca References la Religion Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun f Grim Reaper Related terms es Parcas es Folklore Personifications