lacerta
See also: Lacerta
Latin
lacerta (lizard)
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps connected to Ancient Greek λικερτίζειν (likertízein, “to spring, dance”) or to Latin lacertum (“upper arm”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈker.ta/, [ɫ̪äˈkɛrt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈt͡ʃer.ta/, [läˈt͡ʃɛrt̪ä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lacerta | lacertae |
| Genitive | lacertae | lacertārum |
| Dative | lacertae | lacertīs |
| Accusative | lacertam | lacertās |
| Ablative | lacertā | lacertīs |
| Vocative | lacerta | lacertae |
Derived terms
- lacertilia
Descendants
- from lacerta:
- from *lacertula:
- from the masculine variant lacertus m:
- Vulgar Latin: *lacartus m
- Asturian: llagartu
- Catalan: llangardaix m
- Old Portuguese:
- Spanish: lagarto
- → English: alligator
- from *lacarta:
- Asturian: llagarta, llagartesa
- Portuguese: lagarta
- >? Dalmatian: lačas m, lačar f
- >? Sardinian: lugesti, lucesti, lugestra, luxeta, calaxerta, caluxerta
- borrowings:
- Translingual: Lacerta, Lacertidae, Lacertilia
- Esperanto: lacerto
- Irish: laghairt f
- Scottish Gaelic: laghairt m or f
References
- “lacerta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lacerta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lacerta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Middle English
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