arcera
Latin > English
arcera arcerae N F :: ambulance
arcera arcera arcerae N F :: kind of covered carriage; the seven bright stars in Ursa Major
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
arcĕra: ae, f. arca, Curt.,
I a covered carriage for sick persons: quod ex tabulis vehiculum erat factum ut arca, arcera dictum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 140 Müll.; Gell. 20, 1, 29; Non. p. 55, 26. So in the laws of the XII. Tables, Fragm. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25; Varr. ap. Non. l. l. Acc. to Nonius ib. this word was found also in Cicero. At a later period the litter (lectica, sella) came into use, and hence arcera disappeared from the language.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
arcĕra, æ, f., sorte de chariot couvert : Varro Men. 188 ; Gell. 20, 1, 29.
Latin > German (Georges)
arcera, ae, f. (arca), ein bedeckter Wagen, dessen sich kranke u. schwache Personen zu bedienen pflegten, ehe die Sänften aufkamen, arceram sternere (zurechtmachen), XII tabb. b. Gell. 20, 1, 25. Varr. sat. Men. 188. Vgl. Placid. gloss. (V) 48, 16.
