Acrae

See also: acrae

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄκραι (Ákrai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.krae̯/, [ˈäkräe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kre/, [ˈäːkre]

Proper noun

Acrae f pl (genitive Acrārum); first declension

1. A city of the interior of Sicily and colony of Syracusae, now Palazzolo Acreide

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Acrae
Genitive	Acrārum
Dative	Acrīs
Accusative	Acrās
Ablative	Acrīs
Vocative	Acrae
Locative	Acrīs

Derived terms

• Acrenses

References

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