acernia

Latin

Etymology

Regional borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀχάρνας (akhárnas), also ἀκάρναξ (akárnax), a type of fish, perhaps from Ἀκαρνανία (Akarnanía, “Acarnania”), i.e. the Acarnanian fish.

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈker.ni.a/, [äˈkɛrniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.ni.a/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrniä]

Noun

acernia f (genitive acerniae); first declension

1. An unknown fish (maybe the grouper)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acernia	acerniae
Genitive	acerniae	acerniārum
Dative	acerniae	acerniīs
Accusative	acerniam	acerniās
Ablative	acerniā	acerniīs
Vocative	acernia	acerniae

Descendants

• Catalan: xerna
• Portuguese: cherna
• Italian: cernia

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈker.ni.aː/, [äˈkɛrniäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.ni.a/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrniä]

Noun

acerniā f

1. ablative singular of acernia

References

• “acernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press