sicera

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῑ́κερᾰ (sī́kera), itself the Septuagint rendition of Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār), used to refer to strong drinks, from Proto-Semitic *šikar- (“alcoholic drink”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sīcera f (genitive sīcerae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) An intoxicating drink (possibly a form of cider)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sīcera sīcerae
Genitive sīcerae sīcerārum
Dative sīcerae sīcerīs
Accusative sīceram sīcerās
Ablative sīcerā sīcerīs
Vocative sīcera sīcerae

Descendants

References

  • “sicera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sicera 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)
  • sicera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Jean Perrot, La linguistique, éditions « Que sais-je ? » n° 570, Introduction
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