luror

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *loiros, of uncertain origin.^[1] Vine and Nussbaum suggest an origin from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“plum-coloured, blueish”), and thus cognacy with līvidus (“leaden, bluish”),^[2] while Schrijver suggests a relation to Proto-Brythonic *lloɨr (“moon”), which itself is possibly from *(s)leh₃y-.^[1] Synchronically analyzable as the -or-derivative corresponding to lūridus (“pale yellow”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ror/, [ˈɫ̪uːrɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ror/, [ˈluːror]

Noun

lūror m (genitive lūrōris); third declension

paleness, pallor, lividness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lūror	lūrōrēs
genitive	lūrōris	lūrōrum
dative	lūrōrī	lūrōribus
accusative	lūrōrem	lūrōrēs
ablative	lūrōre	lūrōribus
vocative	lūror	lūrōrēs

Derived terms

lūridus

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lūridus (> Derivatives > lūror)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354
^ Vine, Brent (2002) “On full-grade *-ro- formations in Greek and Indo-European”, in Southern, Mark R. V., editor, Indo-European Perspectives, Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, page 344