Lerna

See also: lerna

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Lernē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέρνη (Lérnē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Lerna
genitive Lernae
dative Lernae
accusative Lernam
ablative Lernā
vocative Lerna
  • Lernaeus

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