acernia
Latin
Etymology
Regional borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀχάρνας (akhárnas), also ἀκάρναξ (akárnax), a type of fish, perhaps from Ἀκαρνανία (Akarnanía, “Acarnania”), i.e. the Acarnanian fish.
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈker.ni.a/, [äˈkɛrniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.ni.a/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrniä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | acernia | acerniae |
Genitive | acerniae | acerniārum |
Dative | acerniae | acerniīs |
Accusative | acerniam | acerniās |
Ablative | acerniā | acerniīs |
Vocative | acernia | acerniae |
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈker.ni.aː/, [äˈkɛrniäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.ni.a/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrniä]
References
- “acernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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