arcera

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *arkezā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-. Cognates include Latin arca (“chest, box”), arceō (“I defend”), arcānus (“hidden, secret”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō).

Noun

arcera f (genitive arcerae); first declension

1. A covered carriage for sick persons; an ambulance

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	arcera	arcerae
genitive	arcerae	arcerārum
dative	arcerae	arcerīs
accusative	arceram	arcerās
ablative	arcerā	arcerīs
vocative	arcera	arcerae

References

• “arcera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arcera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.