See also: Lacerta

Interlingua

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Noun

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lacerta (plural lacertas)

  1. lizard

Latin

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lacerta (lizard)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps connected to Ancient Greek λικερτίζειν (likertízein, to spring, dance) or to Latin lacertum (upper arm).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lacerta f (genitive lacertae); first declension

  1. lizard

Declension

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First-declension noun.

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References

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  • lacerta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lacerta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lacerta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

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Noun

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lacerta

  1. Alternative form of lesarde