Nerva

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From nervus (sinew; vigor).

Proper noun

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Nerva m sg (genitive Nervae); first declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Nerva, a Roman emperor
Declension
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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nerva
Genitive Nervae
Dative Nervae
Accusative Nervam
Ablative Nervā
Vocative Nerva

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

View of the river

Proper noun

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Nerva f sg (genitive Nervae); first declension

  1. A small river in Hispania Tarraconensis, probably the Nervión
Declension
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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nerva
Genitive Nervae
Dative Nervae
Accusative Nervam
Ablative Nervā
Vocative Nerva

References

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  • 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

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