Parca

[ pahr-kuh ]

noun

1. an ancient Roman goddess of childbirth and destiny. Compare Parcae ( def ).
2. any one of the Parcae.

Example Sentences

Innumerable things the little lupa learned at the side of the old woman, bony and ugly as a Parca!

From Project Gutenberg

Exceptus igitur a quodam cena satis parca et paene cottidiana, hoc tantum insusurravit: Non putabam me tibi esse tam familiarem.

From Project Gutenberg

It shall be my resolve, lastingly, I hope, to endure until it pleases the implacable Parca: to break the thread.

From Project Gutenberg