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acervus

acervus

See also: Acervus

Latin

Noun

acervus m ‎(genitive acervī); second declension

  1. mass, heap, pile, stack
  2. treasure
  3. cluster

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative acervus acervī
genitive acervī acervōrum
dative acervō acervīs
accusative acervum acervōs
ablative acervō acervīs
vocative acerve acervī

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‎(“sharp”). Related to acuō ‎(“sharpen, whet”), acia ‎(“thread, yarn”), aciēs ‎(“edge”) and acus ‎(“needle”).

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