lorum
See also: -lorum
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- lōrus (Late)
Etymology
[edit]Possibly from an extinct, but Indo-European substrate language;[1] or, possibly for *vlōrum, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”), the same root as of volvō. Compare with Ancient Greek εὔληρα (eúlēra, “reins”), Old Armenian լար (lar).
Noun
[edit]lōrum n (genitive lōrī); second declension
- thong (leather strap)
- (in the plural) reins of a bridle
- Synonym: retina
- whip, lash, scourge
- girdle
- slender vinebranch
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lōrum | lōra |
| genitive | lōrī | lōrōrum |
| dative | lōrō | lōrīs |
| accusative | lōrum | lōra |
| ablative | lōrō | lōrīs |
| vocative | lōrum | lōra |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “lorum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lorum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lorum 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)
- lorum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN