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Lerna

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέρνη (Lérnē).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Lerna f sg (genitive Lernae); first declension

  1. an ancient marshy region and former lake situated near Argos in modern southern Greece, famous as the abode of the Hydra

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Lerna
genitive Lernae
dative Lernae
accusative Lernam
ablative Lernā
vocative Lerna
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References

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  • Lerna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lerna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Lerna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly