acer
See also: Acer
English
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare French acier, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.
Further reading
- “acer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *akris, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós (“sharp”). The change from o-stem to i-stem declension is irregular and not fully explained. Likewise, Latin has irregular lengthening of the vowel. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.ker/, [ˈaː.kɛr]
Inflection
Third declension, nominative masculine singular in -er, nominative neuter singular in -e.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ācer | ācris | ācre | ācrēs | ācrēs | ācria | |
Genitive | ācris | ācris | ācris | ācrium | ācrium | ācrium | |
Dative | ācrī | ācrī | ācrī | ācribus | ācribus | ācribus | |
Accusative | ācrem | ācrem | ācre | ācrēs | ācrēs | ācria | |
Ablative | ācrī | ācrī | ācrī | ācribus | ācribus | ācribus | |
Vocative | ācer | ācris | ācre | ācrēs | ācrēs | ācria |
Descendants
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ker/, [ˈa.kɛr]
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | acer | acera |
Genitive | aceris | acerum |
Dative | acerī | aceribus |
Accusative | acer | acera |
Ablative | acere | aceribus |
Vocative | acer | acera |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- acer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the pain is very severe: acer morsus doloris est (Tusc. 2. 22. 53)
- the pain is very severe: acer morsus doloris est (Tusc. 2. 22. 53)
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