arundo
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See also: Arundo
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Probably from a substrate source, like Ancient Greek ὀρόντιον (oróntion) and ἄρον (áron, “cuckoopint, arum”).
Noun
[edit]arundō f (genitive arundinis); third declension
- reed
- fishing rod
- shaft of an arrow
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | arundō | arundinēs |
| Genitive | arundinis | arundinum |
| Dative | arundinī | arundinibus |
| Accusative | arundinem | arundinēs |
| Ablative | arundine | arundinibus |
| Vocative | arundō | arundinēs |
Descendants
[edit]- Translingual: Arundo
References
[edit]- arundo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “arundo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers