Nuceria

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nuːˈke.ri.a/, [nuːˈkɛriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nuˈt͡ʃe.ri.a/, [nuˈt͡ʃɛːriä]

Proper noun

Nūceria f sg (genitive Nūceriae); first declension

1. A considerable city of Campania situated on the banks of the Sarnus, now Nocera
2. A town in Umbria situated near Forum Flaminii

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nūceria
Genitive	Nūceriae
Dative	Nūceriae
Accusative	Nūceriam
Ablative	Nūceriā
Vocative	Nūceria
Locative	Nūceriae

Derived terms

• Nūcerīnī
• Nūcerīnus

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Νουκερία (Noukería)
• Italian: Nocera

References

• “Nuceria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Nuceria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.