Porcifera

Latin

Etymology

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The river in Genoa

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /porˈki.fe.ra/, [pɔrˈkɪfɛrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /porˈt͡ʃi.fe.ra/, [porˈt͡ʃiːferä]

Proper noun

Porcifera f sg (genitive Porciferae); first declension

1. A river in Liguria, now Polcevera

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Porcifera
Genitive	Porciferae
Dative	Porciferae
Accusative	Porciferam
Ablative	Porciferā
Vocative	Porcifera

Descendants

• Italian: Polcevera

References

• “Porcifera”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly