Nerva

See also: nerva

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈner.u̯a/, [ˈnɛru̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈner.va/, [ˈnɛrvä]

Etymology 1

From nervus (“sinew; vigor”).

Proper noun

Nerva m sg (genitive Nervae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Nerva, a Roman emperor

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nerva
genitive	Nervae
dative	Nervae
accusative	Nervam
ablative	Nervā
vocative	Nerva

Etymology 2

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

View of the river

Proper noun

Nerva f sg (genitive Nervae); first declension

1. A small river in Hispania Tarraconensis, probably the Nervión

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nerva
genitive	Nervae
dative	Nervae
accusative	Nervam
ablative	Nervā
vocative	Nerva

References

• “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

• verna