corneolus
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[edit]Noun
[edit]corneolus (uncountable)
- (obsolete) horn
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From corneus (“horny”) + -olus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /korˈne.o.lus/, [kɔrˈneɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /korˈne.o.lus/, [korˈnɛːolus]
Adjective
[edit]corneolus (feminine corneola, neuter corneolum); first/second-declension adjective
- Like or composed of horn, horny.
- (figuratively) Hard, firm.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | corneolus | corneola | corneolum | corneolī | corneolae | corneola | |
genitive | corneolī | corneolae | corneolī | corneolōrum | corneolārum | corneolōrum | |
dative | corneolō | corneolō | corneolīs | ||||
accusative | corneolum | corneolam | corneolum | corneolōs | corneolās | corneola | |
ablative | corneolō | corneolā | corneolō | corneolīs | |||
vocative | corneole | corneola | corneolum | corneolī | corneolae | corneola |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: corniol
References
[edit]- “corneolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “corneolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- corneolus 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)
- corneolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.