pincerna

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Etruscan. See basterna, lacerna, vīburnum and similar words, suspected to be of such an origin.

Noun

pincerna m (genitive pincernae); first declension

  1. cupbearer
  2. butler

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pincerna pincernae
Genitive pincernae pincernārum
Dative pincernae pincernīs
Accusative pincernam pincernās
Ablative pincernā pincernīs
Vocative pincerna pincernae

References

  • pincerna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pincerna 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)
  • pincerna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • pincerna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers