acernia

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Latin

Etymology

Regional borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀχάρνας (akhárnas), also ἀκάρναξ (akárnax), a type of fish, perhaps from Ἀκαρνανία (Akarnanía, “Acarnania”), i.e. the Acarnanian fish.

Pronunciation 1

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈker.ni.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.ni.a/,

Noun

acernia f (genitive acerniae); first declension

An unknown fish (maybe the grouper)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	acernia	acerniae
genitive	acerniae	acerniārum
dative	acerniae	acerniīs
accusative	acerniam	acerniās
ablative	acerniā	acerniīs
vocative	acernia	acerniae

Descendants

Catalan: xerna
Portuguese: cherna
Italian: cernia

Pronunciation 2

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈker.ni.aː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.ni.a/,

Noun

acerniā f

ablative singular of acernia

References

“acernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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