pincerna

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pincerna, of uncertain further origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈt͡ʃɛr.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛrna
• Hyphenation: pin‧cèr‧na

Noun

pincerna m (plural pincerni)

1. (obsolete, literary) cupbearer

   Synonym: coppiere

Further reading

• pincerna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Etruscan. See basterna, lacerna, vīburnum and similar words, suspected to be of such an origin.

Noun

pincerna m (genitive pincernae); first declension

1. cupbearer
2. butler

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pincerna	pincernae
genitive	pincernae	pincernārum
dative	pincernae	pincernīs
accusative	pincernam	pincernās
ablative	pincernā	pincernīs
vocative	pincerna	pincernae

References

• “pincerna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pincerna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pincerna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pincerna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers