alacer
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Somewhat uncertain. The masculine nominative singular form is derived by syncope from alacris (attested in Ennius), which probably developed by dissimilation from earlier *alaklis,[1][2] with the ending ultimately going back to -*tlis, from Proto-Indo-European *-tl-, a variant of the zero-grade of the agent suffix *-tḗr. Compare volucer, volucris. However, De Vaan regards the origin of the *-kris ending as uncertain.[3] The *ala- portion is seemingly from a root of the form *h₂elH-.[2][3][4] De Vaan and Schrijver consider ambulō (“to traverse, walk”) a potential but not certain cognate, and reconstruct the common root (if the relationship is valid) as Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂- (“to wander, roam”), cognate with Ancient Greek ἀλάομαι (aláomai, “roam”).[3][4] The same root may alternatively be reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-. Another possible cognate is Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive”). Another theory connects the word to Proto-Germanic *aljaną (“vigor, strength”), whence English ellen.
alacer (feminine alacris, neuter alacre, comparative alacrior); third-declension three-termination adjective
The superlative form alacerrimus is very rare in old and classical Latin.
Third-declension three-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | alacer | alacris | alacre | alacrēs | alacria | ||
Genitive | alacris | alacrium | |||||
Dative | alacrī | alacribus | |||||
Accusative | alacrem | alacre | alacrēs | alacria | |||
Ablative | alacrī | alacribus | |||||
Vocative | alacer | alacris | alacre | alacrēs | alacria |
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