Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *arkezā, 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 edit

arcera f (genitive arcerae); first declension

  1. A covered carriage for sick persons; an ambulance

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arcera arcerae
Genitive arcerae arcerārum
Dative arcerae arcerīs
Accusative arceram arcerās
Ablative arcerā arcerīs
Vocative arcera arcerae

References edit

  • 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.
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “areq-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 66-67