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Acer
Acer
See also: acer
Translingual
Proper noun
Acer n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – the maples.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Sapindales - order; Sapindaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore maple) - type species; Acer campestre (field maple), Acer grandidentatum (bigtooth maple), Acer macrophyllum (bigleaf maple), Acer micranthum (garden maple), Acer negundo (Manitoba maple), Acer palmatum (Japanese maple), (Acer pensylvanicum) (moosewood), Acer platanoides (Norway maple), Acer rubrum (red maple), Acer saccharinum (silver maple), Acer saccharum (sugar maple) - selected species
acer
acer
See also: Acer
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs. Compare French acier, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.
Noun
acer m (uncountable)
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/
Adjective
ācer m (feminine ācris, neuter ācre); third declension
Inflection
Third declension, masculine nominative singular in -er, neuter in -e.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | ācer | ācris | ācre | ācrēs | ācria | ||
genitive | ācris | ācrium | |||||
dative | ācrī | ācribus | |||||
accusative | ācrem | ācre | ācrēs | ācria | |||
ablative | ācrī | ācribus | |||||
vocative | ācer | ācris | ācre | ācrēs | ācria |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ker/
Noun
acer n (genitive aceris); third declension
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “acer”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin *aciale.
Noun
acer m (nominative singular acers)
- Alternative form of acier