acernia

== Latin == === Etymology === Regional borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀχάρνας (akhárnas), also ἀκάρναξ (akárnax), a type of fish, perhaps from Ἀκαρνανία (Akarnanía, “Acarnania”), i.e. the Acarnanian fish. === Pronunciation 1 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkɛr.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈt͡ʃɛr.ni.a] ==== Noun ==== acernia f (genitive acerniae); first declension An unknown fish (maybe the grouper) ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== Catalan: xerna Portuguese: cherna Italian: cernia === Pronunciation 2 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkɛr.ni.aː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈt͡ʃɛr.ni.a] ==== Noun ==== acerniā f ablative singular of acernia === References === “acernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press