Lerna

See also: lerna

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lernē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέρνη (Lérnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈler.na/, [ˈɫ̪ɛrnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈler.na/, [ˈlɛrnä]

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

Related terms

• 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