lacerta

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Interlingua

Noun

lacerta (plural lacertas)

  1. lizard

Latin

lacerta (lizard)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps connected to Ancient Greek λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to spring, dance”) or to Latin lacertum (“upper arm”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lacerta f (genitive lacertae); first declension

  1. lizard

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lacerta lacertae
genitive lacertae lacertārum
dative lacertae lacertīs
accusative lacertam lacertās
ablative lacertā lacertīs
vocative lacerta lacertae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “lacerta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lacerta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lacerta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Noun

lacerta

  1. Alternative form of lesarde
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