gerrae

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γέρρον (gérrhon, wattled twigs).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gerrae f pl (genitive gerrārum); first declension (plural only)

  1. wattled twigs
  2. trifles, nonsense

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative gerrae
Genitive gerrārum
Dative gerrīs
Accusative gerrās
Ablative gerrīs
Vocative gerrae

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • gerrae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gerrae 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)
  • gerrae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • gerrae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers