dacra

Latin

Alternative forms

dacrum, dacora, dicora, decara

Etymology

From decuria (“a ten of something”), from decem (“ten”).[1]

Noun

dacra f (genitive dacrae); first declension

(Medieval Latin) The dicker, a various English units of 10 items.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dacra	dacrae
Genitive	dacrae	dacrārum
Dative	dacrae	dacrīs
Accusative	dacram	dacrās
Ablative	dacrā	dacrīs
Vocative	dacra	dacrae

References

dacra 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)

Skeat, Walter William. "Dicker, Daykyr" in Notes on English Etymology.

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