cervesia

Latin

Alternative forms

• cerevisia
• cervisia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kerˈwe.si.a/, [kɛrˈwɛ.si.a]

Noun

cervesia f (genitive cervesiae); first declension

1. Alternative form of cervisia (“beer”)

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cervesia	cervesiae
genitive	cervesiae	cervesiārum
dative	cervesiae	cervesiīs
accusative	cervesiam	cervesiās
ablative	cervesiā	cervesiīs
vocative	cervesia	cervesiae

Descendants

• Catalan: cervesa
• Galician: cervexa
• Italian: cervogia
• Old French: cervoise
  • Middle French: cervoise
    • French: cervoise
• Portuguese: cerveja
• Spanish: cerveza

References

• cervesia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cervesia” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• cervesia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cervesia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin