cumera

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”). Compare Latin camara (“chamber”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʊ.mɛ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkuː.me.ra]

Noun

cumera f (genitive cumerae); first declension

1. A chest, box or basket to keep grain in

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cumera	cumerae
genitive	cumerae	cumerārum
dative	cumerae	cumerīs
accusative	cumeram	cumerās
ablative	cumerā	cumerīs
vocative	cumera	cumerae

References

• “cumera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cumera”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.