Cerco

See also: cerco

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈker.koː/, [ˈkɛrkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃer.ko/, [ˈt͡ʃɛrko]

Proper noun

Cercō m sg (genitive Cercōnis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Quintus Lutatius Cerco, a Roman consul

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cercō
Genitive	Cercōnis
Dative	Cercōnī
Accusative	Cercōnem
Ablative	Cercōne
Vocative	Cercō

References

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