cumera

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”). Compare Latin camara (“chamber”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈku.me.ra/, [ˈkʊmɛrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.me.ra/, [ˈkuːmerä]

Noun

cumera f (genitive cumerae); first declension

1. A chest, box or basket to keep grain in

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cumera	cumerae
Genitive	cumerae	cumerārum
Dative	cumerae	cumerīs
Accusative	cumeram	cumerās
Ablative	cumerā	cumerīs
Vocative	cumera	cumerae

References

• “cumera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cumera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.