Macra

See also: macra and macra-

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈma.kra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaː.kra]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmak.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmak.ra]

Proper noun

Macra m sg (genitive Macrae); first declension

1. Magra (a river in Italy), flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea, and limit between Liguria and Etruria

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Macra
genitive	Macrae
dative	Macrae
accusative	Macram
ablative	Macrā
vocative	Macra

Descendants

• Italian: Magra

References

• “Macra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Macra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Macra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press