(declension-1, figuratively) a (sexual) itch, prurience
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
[ʊrˈtiː.ka]
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
Unknown. Ernout and Meillet rejects association with ūrō (“to burn”) as a folk etymology, since that verb etymologically has a stem ending in -s- and so should have yielded *ū̆stīca instead.