arcera
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-. Cognates include Latin arca (“chest, box”), arceō (“I defend”), arcānus (“hidden, secret”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō)[1].
Noun
arcera f (genitive arcerae); first declension
- A covered carriage for sick persons; an ambulance (M.L.)
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | arcera | arcerae |
| Genitive | arcerae | arcerārum |
| Dative | arcerae | arcerīs |
| Accusative | arceram | arcerās |
| Ablative | arcerā | arcerīs |
| Vocative | arcera | arcerae |
References
- arcera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arcera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “areq-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 66-67