clunis

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *klounis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlównis. Cognate with Lithuanian šlaunis, Sanskrit श्रोणि (śróṇi).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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clūnis m or f (genitive clūnis); third declension

  1. (anatomy) rump, buttocks

Usage notes

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More common in the plural form.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old Spanish: llun
  • Italian: clune

References

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  • clunis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • clunis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clunis 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)
  • clunis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “clūnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123