acerra
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English
Etymology
Noun
acerra (plural acerras or acerrae)
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a small box for holding incense.
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a small sacrificial altar.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
acerra f (plural acerre)
- acerra (all senses)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Probably from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈker.ra/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.ra/,
Noun
acerra f (genitive acerrae); first declension
- A small box in which was kept the incense used in sacrifices
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | acerra | acerrae |
| Genitive | acerrae | acerrārum |
| Dative | acerrae | acerrīs |
| Accusative | acerram | acerrās |
| Ablative | acerrā | acerrīs |
| Vocative | acerra | acerrae |
Descendants
References
- “acerra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acerra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.