lacerta
See also: Lacerta
Interlingua
Noun
lacerta (plural lacertas)
- lizard
Latin
lacerta (lizard)
Alternative forms
- lacertus
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps connected to Ancient Greek λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to spring, dance”) or to Latin lacertum (“upper arm”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈker.ta/, [ɫaˈkɛr.ta]
Noun
lacerta f (genitive lacertae); first declension
- lizard
lacertā
- ablative singular of lacerta
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lacerta | lacertae |
| Genitive | lacertae | lacertārum |
| Dative | lacertae | lacertīs |
| Accusative | lacertam | lacertās |
| Ablative | lacertā | lacertīs |
| Vocative | lacerta | lacertae |
Derived terms
- lacertilia
Descendants
- Asturian: llacierta, llagarta, llagartesa
- Catalan: llangardaix, lluert
- Dalmatian: lačas, lačar
- English: lizard, alligator
- Esperanto: lacerto
- French: lézard
- Friulian: lisierte
- Galician: lagarto
- Irish: laghairt
- Italian: lacerto, lucertola
- Lombard: lüserta
- Neapolitan: lacerta
- Norman: lêzarde (Jersey)
- Old French: laisarde
- Piedmontese: lazerta
- Portuguese: lagarta
- Sardinian: lugesti, lucesti, lugestra, luxeta, calaxerta, caluxerta
- Scottish Gaelic: laghairt
- Sicilian: lucèrtula, lucerta, gièrdula
- Spanish: lagarto
- Translingual: Lacerta, Lacertidae, Lacertilia
- Venetian: luxèrta, łuxèrtoła, uxèrta, oxèrtola, lisarda, rixarda
References
- lacerta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lacerta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lacerta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Noun
lacerta
- Alternative form of lesarde