The corpus record — Latin

Acerrae

Acerrae · f

A town in the interior of Campania

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 3 · 2.04/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 1 · 0.58/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 4 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. ăcerrae — Lewis & Short

ăcerrae, ārum, f.

I A town in the interior of Campania, N. E. of Naples, now Acerra, exposed to frequent inundations from the Clanius, on which it is situated; hence in Verg.: vacuis Clanius non aequus Acerris, G. 2, 225 Wagner; imitated by Silius, 8, 538.—Deriv.,

B ăcerrāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of A., Liv. 27, 3, 6; Vell. 1, 14, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63.—

II A town in Umbria, called, for the sake of distinction, Acerrae Vatriae, now Gerrha, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 114.

2. Acerrae — Walde–Hofmann

Acerrae, Aysopaı Aderl. I 3, 75 Adria I 75 — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Acerrae, p. 2041]

In the wild

Acerris Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.23.17.7
Acerris Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 p3
Acerris Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.14
Acerris Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.27.3.6
Acerris Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 p17
Acerras Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.23.17.1

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Acerrae (scan p. 2041; entry #5320).

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