vernicomus

Latin

Etymology

From vernus ("spring") + coma ("hair").

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈni.ko.mus/, [u̯ɛrˈnɪkɔmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈni.ko.mus/, [verˈniːkomus]

Adjective

vernicomus (feminine vernicoma, neuter vernicomum); first/second-declension adjective

1. having young leaves
2. which grows in spring

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vernicomus	vernicoma	vernicomum		vernicomī	vernicomae	vernicoma
genitive	vernicomī	vernicomae	vernicomī		vernicomōrum	vernicomārum	vernicomōrum
dative	vernicomō	vernicomae	vernicomō		vernicomīs
accusative	vernicomum	vernicomam	vernicomum		vernicomōs	vernicomās	vernicoma
ablative	vernicomō	vernicomā	vernicomō		vernicomīs
vocative	vernicome	vernicoma	vernicomum		vernicomī	vernicomae	vernicoma

References

• “vernicomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vernicomus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.