acerra

See also: Acerra

English

Etymology

Latin acerra

Noun

acerra (plural acerras or acerrae)

1. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a small box for holding incense.
2. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a small sacrificial altar.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

acerra f (plural acerre)

1. acerra (all senses)

Anagrams

• arcare, arreca

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈker.ra/, [äˈkɛrːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.ra/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrːä]

Noun

acerra f (genitive acerrae); first declension

1. A small box in which was kept the incense used in sacrifices

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acerra	acerrae
Genitive	acerrae	acerrārum
Dative	acerrae	acerrīs
Accusative	acerram	acerrās
Ablative	acerrā	acerrīs
Vocative	acerra	acerrae

Descendants

• English: acerra
• Italian: acerra
• Portuguese: acerra

References

• “acerra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acerra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.