cumera

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”). Compare Latin camara (“chamber”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.me.ra/, [ˈkʊmɛrä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.me.ra/, [ˈkuːmerä]

Noun

cumera f (genitive cumerae); first declension

A chest, box or basket to keep grain in

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cumera	cumerae
Genitive	cumerae	cumerārum
Dative	cumerae	cumerīs
Accusative	cumeram	cumerās
Ablative	cumerā	cumerīs
Vocative	cumera	cumerae

References

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

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