Lerna

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Lerna, from Ancient Greek Λέρνη (Lérnē). === Proper noun === Lerna An ancient marshy region and former lake situated near Argos in modern southern Greece, famous as the abode of the Hydra ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === Lernē === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέρνη (Lérnē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫɛr.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛr.na] === Proper noun === Lerna f sg (genitive Lernae); first declension Lerna (an ancient marshy region and former lake situated near Argos in modern southern Greece, famous as the abode of the Hydra) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Lernaeus ==== Descendants ==== → English: Lerna French: Lerne Italian: Lerna === References === “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