aera
English
Noun
aera (plural aeras)
- Obsolete form of era.
- 1809, James Finlayson, Sermons, page 9:
- Would he not have anticipated an aera of high intellectual cultivation, and hailed with rapture the return of that fabled age of gold, […]
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈera/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -era
- Hyphenation: a‧e‧ra
Adjective
aera (accusative singular aeran, plural aeraj, accusative plural aerajn)
- aerial; airy; in the air
- tute libera, kiel birdo aera ― completely free, like a bird in the air
- relating to aviation
- aera konvencio ― convention on aviation
Related terms
Irish
Noun
aera m pl
- vocative plural of aer (“air”)
Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| aera | n-aera | haera | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.e.ra/
- Rhymes: -aera
- Hyphenation: à‧e‧ra
Verb
aera
- inflection of aerare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Post-classical; probably from a special use of aera (“counters”), plural of aes (“piece of metal, money, brass”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈae̯.ra]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.ra]
Noun
aera f (genitive aerae); first declension
- (Late Latin) era or epoch from which time is measured
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aera | aerae |
| genitive | aerae | aerārum |
| dative | aerae | aerīs |
| accusative | aeram | aerās |
| ablative | aerā | aerīs |
| vocative | aera | aerae |
Descendants
Noun
aera
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ɛ.ra]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.e.ra]
Noun
āera
- accusative singular of āēr
References
- “aera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "aera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Verb
aera
- inflection of aerar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
From aer, partially based on French aérer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.eˈra/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: a‧e‧ra
Verb
a aera (third-person singular present aerează, past participle aerat) 1st conjugation
Conjugation
conjugation of aera (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a aera | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aerând | ||||||
| past participle | aerat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | aerez | aerezi | aerează | aerăm | aerați | aerează | |
| imperfect | aeram | aerai | aera | aeram | aerați | aerau | |
| simple perfect | aerai | aerași | aeră | aerarăm | aerarăți | aerară | |
| pluperfect | aerasem | aeraseși | aerase | aeraserăm | aeraserăți | aeraseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să aerez | să aerezi | să aereze | să aerăm | să aerați | să aereze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | aerează | aerați | |||||
| negative | nu aera | nu aerați | |||||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈeɾa/ [aˈe.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: a‧e‧ra
Verb
aera
- inflection of aerar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative