Spica

Latin spīca virginis "Virgo's ear of grain"

Spica

1. (astronomy) A binary star in the constellation Virgo; alpha (α) Virginis.
   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921:

     The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude.

• APICs, CISPA, ISPCA, PICAs, aspic, pacis, picas, scapi

From Latin spīca (“ear of grain”).

Spica f

1. Spica

• aspic, caspi, cispa, pasci, scapi

Learned borrowing from Latin spīca virginis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspi.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: Spi‧ca

Spica f

1. (astronomy) Spica (blue-white giant star)

   Synonyms: Kłos, Kłos Panny

• Spica in Polish dictionaries at PWN