alburnum
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin alburnum, from albus (“white”), since it is often paler in color than the heartwood.
Noun
[edit]alburnum (usually uncountable, plural alburnums)
- sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]sapwood — see sapwood
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From albus (“white”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈbur.num/, [äɫ̪ˈbʊrnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈbur.num/, [älˈburnum]
Noun
[edit]alburnum n (genitive alburnī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alburnum | alburna |
| genitive | alburnī | alburnōrum |
| dative | alburnō | alburnīs |
| accusative | alburnum | alburna |
| ablative | alburnō | alburnīs |
| vocative | alburnum | alburna |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “alburnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alburnum 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)
- alburnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “alburnum” on page 93/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)