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Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pincerna, of uncertain further origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pinˈt͡ʃɛr.na/
- Rhymes: -ɛrna
- Hyphenation: pin‧cèr‧na
Noun
pincerna m (plural pincerni)
- (obsolete, literary) cupbearer
- Synonym: coppiere
Further reading
- pincerna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Unknown, possibly Etruscan. See basterna, lacerna, vīburnum and similar words, suspected to be of such an origin.
Noun
pincerna m (genitive pincernae); first declension
- cupbearer
- butler
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “pincerna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pincerna 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)
- pincerna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pincerna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers