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aerae Noun: feminine vocative plural, Noun: feminine genitive singular, Noun: feminine nominative plural, Noun: feminine dative singular of aera

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† aera (dissyl.), ae, f., = αἶρα, a weed among grain; darnel, tare, or cockle, Lolium temulentum, Linn.; Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 156.
aera, ae, f. [from aera, counters; v. aes, 2. E.], later Lat.
  • I In math., a given number, according to which a reckoning or calculation is to be made, Vitruvius (Vetrubius) Rufus ap. Salmas. Exercc. I. p. 483.—
  • II An item of an account (for the class. aera, plur. of aes, Ruf. Fest. in Breviar. init. The passage of Lucil. cited by Non. 2, 42, aera perversa, is also prob. plur.).—
  • III An era or epoch from which time is reckoned, Isid. Orig. 5, 36; cf. Inscr. Orell. II. p. 374.

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