lacerna

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lacerna.

Noun

lacerna f (plural lacerne)

1. lacerna (cloak used by Romans)

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Latin

Etymology

Probably from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈker.na/, [ɫ̪äˈkɛrnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈt͡ʃer.na/, [läˈt͡ʃɛrnä]

Noun

lacerna f (genitive lacernae); first declension

1. A form of cloak, fastened at the neck, worn over a toga

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lacerna	lacernae
Genitive	lacernae	lacernārum
Dative	lacernae	lacernīs
Accusative	lacernam	lacernās
Ablative	lacernā	lacernīs
Vocative	lacerna	lacernae

References

• “lacerna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lacerna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lacerna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lacerna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lacerna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “lacerna”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin