cervesia

Latin

Alternative forms

• cerevisia
• cervisia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kerˈu̯e.si.a/, [kɛrˈu̯ɛs̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃerˈve.si.a/, [t͡ʃerˈvɛːs̬iä]

Noun

cervesia f (genitive cervesiae); first declension

1. Alternative form of cervisia (“beer”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “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