acervus

See also: Acervus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Related to acuō (“sharpen, whet”), acia (“thread, yarn”), aciēs (“edge”) and acus (“needle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈker.wus/, [aˈkɛr.wʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.vus/

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Noun

acervus m (genitive acervī); second declension

1. mass, heap, pile, stack
2. treasure
3. cluster

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	acervus	acervī
genitive	acervī	acervōrum
dative	acervō	acervīs
accusative	acervum	acervōs
ablative	acervō	acervīs
vocative	acerve	acervī

Descendants

• Portuguese: acervo
• Spanish: acervo

References

• acervus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acervus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “acervus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)