arcera

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *arkezā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-. Cognates include Latin arca (“chest, box”), arceō (“to defend”), arcānus (“hidden, secret”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō). === Noun === arcera f (genitive arcerae); first declension A covered carriage for sick persons; an ambulance ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “arcera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “arcera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.