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acervo

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin acervus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃɛr.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrvo
  • Hyphenation: a‧cèr‧vo

Noun

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acervo m (plural acervi)

  1. (literary) heap, mass
    Synonyms: (literary) coacervo, mucchio

Further reading

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  • acervo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From acervus (“heap”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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acervō (present infinitive acervāre, perfect active acervāvī, supine acervātum); first conjugation

  1. to form a heap, heap or pile up, amass
    Synonym: struō
  2. (figuratively) to accumulate, multiply

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of acervō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acervō acervās acervat acervāmus acervātis acervant
imperfect acervābam acervābās acervābat acervābāmus acervābātis acervābant
future acervābō acervābis acervābit acervābimus acervābitis acervābunt
perfect acervāvī acervāvistī acervāvit acervāvimus acervāvistis acervāvērunt,
acervāvēre
pluperfect acervāveram acervāverās acervāverat acervāverāmus acervāverātis acervāverant
future perfect acervāverō acervāveris acervāverit acervāverimus acervāveritis acervāverint
passive present acervor acervāris,
acervāre 		acervātur acervāmur acervāminī acervantur
imperfect acervābar acervābāris,
acervābāre 		acervābātur acervābāmur acervābāminī acervābantur
future acervābor acervāberis,
acervābere 		acervābitur acervābimur acervābiminī acervābuntur
perfect acervātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect acervātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect acervātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acervem acervēs acervet acervēmus acervētis acervent
imperfect acervārem acervārēs acervāret acervārēmus acervārētis acervārent
perfect acervāverim acervāverīs acervāverit acervāverīmus acervāverītis acervāverint
pluperfect acervāvissem acervāvissēs acervāvisset acervāvissēmus acervāvissētis acervāvissent
passive present acerver acervēris,
acervēre 		acervētur acervēmur acervēminī acerventur
imperfect acervārer acervārēris,
acervārēre 		acervārētur acervārēmur acervārēminī acervārentur
perfect acervātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect acervātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — acervā — — acervāte —
future — acervātō acervātō — acervātōte acervantō
passive present — acervāre — — acervāminī —
future — acervātor acervātor — — acervantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives acervāre acervāvisse acervātūrum esse acervārī acervātum esse acervātum īrī
participles acervāns — acervātūrus — acervātus acervandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
acervandī acervandō acervandum acervandō acervātum acervātū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: acervate
  • Portuguese: acervar
  • Spanish: acervar

Noun

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acervō

  1. dative/ablative singular of acervus

Further reading

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  • “acervo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “acervo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acervo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin acervus (“heap”). Compare Italian coacervo (“jumble”).

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  • Hyphenation: a‧cer‧vo

Noun

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acervo m (plural acervos)

  1. heritage
  2. heap
  3. collection
    Synonym: montão

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧cer‧vo

Verb

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acervo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of acervar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθeɾbo/ [aˈθeɾ.β̞o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈseɾbo/ [aˈseɾ.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -eɾbo
  • Syllabification: a‧cer‧vo

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin acervus (“heap”).

Noun

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acervo m (plural acervos)

  1. heritage
    el acervo de la nación ― the national heritage
    el acervo cultural ― the cultural heritage
  2. heap
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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acervo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of acervar

Further reading

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