Emerita

See also: emerita and emérita

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Emerita f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hippidae – mole crabs or sand crabs.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Emerita analoga, Emerita benedicti, Emerita brasiliensis, Emerita portoricensis, Emerita talpoida - species

References

• Emerita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Emerita on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Emerita on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

From ēmeritus.

Proper noun

Ēmerita f sg (genitive Ēmeritae); first declension

1. Short for Colonia Augusta Emerita. (an ancient Roman city, now Mérida, Spain)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ēmerita
Genitive	Ēmeritae
Dative	Ēmeritae
Accusative	Ēmeritam
Ablative	Ēmeritā
Vocative	Ēmerita
Locative	Ēmeritae

Derived terms

• Ēmeritānus
• Ēmeritēnsis

 

References

• Emerita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.