Emerita

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See also: emerita and emérita

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Emerita f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hippidae – mole crabs or sand crabs.

Hyponyms

References

Latin

Etymology

From ēmeritus.

Proper noun

Ēmerita f sg (genitive Ēmeritae); first declension

  1. Short for Colonia Augusta Emerita. (an ancient Roman city, now Mérida, Spain)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Ēmerita
genitive Ēmeritae
dative Ēmeritae
accusative Ēmeritam
ablative Ēmeritā
vocative Ēmerita
locative Ēmeritae

Derived terms

References

  • Emerita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.