maceria

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mācerō.

Noun

māceria f (genitive māceriae); first declension

  1. wall or enclosure made of brick or clay
  2. wall (especially one enclosing a garden)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative māceria māceriae
Genitive māceriae māceriārum
Dative māceriae māceriīs
Accusative māceriam māceriās
Ablative māceriā māceriīs
Vocative māceria māceriae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: macerie
  • Old French: maisiere, mesiere
  • Portuguese: macéria
  • Proto-Brythonic: *maguɨr (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Irish: macre

References

  • maceria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • maceria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maceria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • maceria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.