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Macra
Macra
Latin
Proper noun
Macra f (genitive Macrae); first declension
- A river flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea, and limit between Liguria and Etruria, now the Magra
Declension
First declension.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
nominative | Macra |
genitive | Macrae |
dative | Macrae |
accusative | Macram |
ablative | Macrā |
vocative | Macra |
Descendants
- Italian: Magra
References
- Macra in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Macra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
macra
macra
English
Noun
macra
- plural of macron
- 1986: Peter V. Jones and Keith C. Sidwell, Reading Latin: Grammar, vocabulary and exercises, Introduction — General notes (note 1), page 2 (22nd printing (2007); Cambridge University Press; ISBN 9780521286220)
- All vowels are pronounced short unless marked with a ¯ (macron) over them. So observe different vowel length of ‘i’ in, e.g., fīlia, etc. It may be helpful, but is not essential, to mark macra in your exercises.
- 1986: Peter V. Jones and Keith C. Sidwell, Reading Latin: Grammar, vocabulary and exercises, Introduction — General notes (note 1), page 2 (22nd printing (2007); Cambridge University Press; ISBN 9780521286220)