Nerva

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛr.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛr.va] === Etymology 1 === From nervus (“sinew; vigor”). ==== Proper noun ==== Nerva m sg (genitive Nervae); first declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Nerva, a Roman emperor ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun, singular only. === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Proper noun ==== Nerva f sg (genitive Nervae); first declension a small river in Hispania Tarraconensis, probably the Nervión ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Nerva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Nerva”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Nerva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly === Anagrams === verna