gerrae

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γέρρον (gérrhon, “wattled twigs”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡer.rae̯/, [ˈɡɛr.rae̯]

Noun

gerrae f (genitive gerrārum); first declension (plural only)

  1. wattled twigs
  2. trifles, nonsense

Inflection

First declension.

Case Plural
Nominative gerrae
Genitive gerrārum
Dative gerrīs
Accusative gerrās
Ablative gerrīs
Vocative gerrae

Derived terms

References
  • gerrae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gerrae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • gerrae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • gerrae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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