Macra

See also: macra and macra-

Latin

Etymology

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The river's mouth

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.kra/, [ˈmäkrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.kra/, [ˈmäːkrä]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.ra/, [ˈmäkrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmak.ra/, [ˈmäkrä]

Proper noun

Macra m sg (genitive Macrae); first declension

1. Magra (a river in Italy), flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea, and limit between Liguria and Etruria

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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