carcer
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Derived from Proto-Italic *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) in the sense of "enclosure", and as such a doublet of cancer. Cognate with circus, curvus, crux, crīnis, crispus, English ring. It is not known how the noun shifted to the third declension.
carcer m (genitive carceris); third declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | carcer | carcerēs |
Genitive | carceris | carcerum |
Dative | carcerī | carceribus |
Accusative | carcerem | carcerēs |
Ablative | carcere | carceribus |
Vocative | carcer | carcerēs |
carcer f (plural carcers)
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