cornum
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, cognate with Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”), or a by-form of the synonym cornū from the same root.
Noun
[edit]cornum n (genitive cornī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cornum | corna |
| genitive | cornī | cornōrum |
| dative | cornō | cornīs |
| accusative | cornum | corna |
| ablative | cornō | cornīs |
| vocative | cornum | corna |
Etymology 2
[edit]Neuter fruit name from the same root as the tree name cornus (“cornel”).
Noun
[edit]cornum n (genitive cornī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cornum | corna |
| genitive | cornī | cornōrum |
| dative | cornō | cornīs |
| accusative | cornum | corna |
| ablative | cornō | cornīs |
| vocative | cornum | corna |
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]cornum
References
[edit]- “cornum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cornum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "cornum", 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)
- cornum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old English
[edit]Noun
[edit]cornum