viverra

See also: Viverra

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-; compare Proto-Celtic *wiweros.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈu̯er.ra/, [u̯iˈu̯ɛrːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈver.ra/, [viˈvɛrːä]

Noun

viverra f (genitive viverrae); first declension

1. a ferret

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	viverra	viverrae
Genitive	viverrae	viverrārum
Dative	viverrae	viverrīs
Accusative	viverram	viverrās
Ablative	viverrā	viverrīs
Vocative	viverra	viverrae

Derived terms

• viverrinus

Descendants

• Dalmatian: viala
• → Russian: виверра (viverra)
• → Translingual: Viverra

References

• “viverra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• viverra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• viverra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.