Deverra
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dēverrō (“I sweep”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈu̯er.ra/, [d̪eːˈu̯ɛrːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈver.ra/, [d̪eˈvɛrːä]
Proper noun[edit]
Dēverra f sg (genitive Dēverrae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) The goddess who swept the threshold with a broom in order to protect the newborn child from Silvanus
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Dēverra |
| Genitive | Dēverrae |
| Dative | Dēverrae |
| Accusative | Dēverram |
| Ablative | Dēverrā |
| Vocative | Dēverra |
Descendants[edit]
- Translingual: Deverra
References[edit]
- “Deverra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Deverra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.