lacertus – Latin noun declension

Noun: lacertus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	lacertus
Plural	lacertī

Genitive

Singular	lacertī
Plural	lacertōrum

Dative

Singular	lacertō
Plural	lacertīs

Accusative

Singular	lacertum
Plural	lacertōs

Ablative

Singular	lacertō
Plural	lacertīs

Vocative

Singular	lacerte
Plural	lacertī

Sample Sentences

Quae enim vōx potest esse contemptior quam Milōnis Crotōniātae? Quī cum iam senex esset āthlētāsque sē exercentēs in curriculō vidēret, aspexisse lacertōs suōs dīcitur inlacrimānsque dīxisse: “At hī quidem mortuī iam sunt.” (For what remark could be more contemptible than that of Milo of Croton? When he was already an old man and saw athletes training on the track, he is said to have looked at his own arms and said through his tears: “But these, indeed, are already dead.”) [106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior De Senectute 27]

Nouns inflected like lacertus

priāpismus, scāpus, servus, cuneolus, sargus, saccus, scarus, scinus, scopus, illēgitimus, sorbus, sophus, somnus, Hispānus, soccus, sirpus, siclus, icterus, cunīculus, xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from lacerta (“lizard”), as musculus derived from a supposed resemblance to little mice; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *Hlak-, *lēk- (“leg, q.v.”)

Verbs referencing "lacertus"

English Nouns alligator, English Nouns leg, English Nouns lizard, Latin Nouns lacerta, German Nouns Alligator, Polish Nouns aligator, English Nouns lacertus, French Nouns lézard, Italian Nouns lacerto, Italian Nouns alligatore, Latin Nouns lacca, English Nouns lacert, Asturian Nouns llagartesa, Middle English Nouns lesarde, Italian Nouns lucertolo.