Deverra
Latin
Etymology
From dēverrō (“I sweep”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈwɛr.ra]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈvɛr.ra]
Proper noun
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
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Dēverra |
| genitive | Dēverrae |
| dative | Dēverrae |
| accusative | Dēverram |
| ablative | Dēverrā |
| vocative | Dēverra |
Descendants
- Translingual: Deverra
References
- “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.