virus coronarium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.rus ko.roːˈnaː.ri.um/, [ˈu̯iːrʊs̠ kɔroːˈnäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.rus ko.roˈna.ri.um/, [ˈviːrus koroˈnäːrium]

Noun

vīrus corōnārium n (genitive vīrī corōnāriī or vīrī corōnārī); second declension

1. (New Latin) coronavirus
   • 2020 February 22, Andreas Nouocomensis, “Venenum extra Sinam: Propago maxima morbi”, in Ephemeris‎^[1]:

     Virus coronarium iamdiu Sinenses ciuitates ac incolas adfecit: […]

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   • 2020 April 24, “The “Gaudeamus of resistance” by the UGR Orchestra and Choir now features subtitles in 15 languages”, in Universidad de Granada‎^[2]:

     Virus coronarium nos nunc separavit, ¡Domi maneamus, domi studeamus! ¡Certe non triumphabit!

     The coronavirus has torn us apart. Let us stay at home, and do our work from there! So it will not prevail!

   • 2020 September 4, Francesco Lepore, “Almodóvar iudicio tempus valetudinis spectandae praestitutum nos culturae necessitatem docuit”, in Linkiesta‎^[3]:

     In colloquio cum diariorum scriptoribus habito, Almodóvar tempus valetudinis spectandae praestitutum propter Virus Coronarium nos culturae necessitatem docuisse nimirum dixit.

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   • 2020 October 3, “Hebdomada Papae: il Gr in latino del 3 ottobre”, in Vatican News‎^[4]:

     In Audientia generali dicit Summus Pontifex Franciscus societatem et oeconomiam curam indigere quam postulat virus coronarium

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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, nominative/accusative/vocative plural in -a) with a second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	vīrus corōnārium	vīra corōnāria
genitive	vīrī corōnāriī vīrī corōnārī1	vīrōrum corōnāriōrum
dative	vīrō corōnāriō	vīrīs corōnāriīs
accusative	vīrus corōnārium	vīra corōnāria
ablative	vīrō corōnāriō	vīrīs corōnāriīs
vocative	vīrus corōnārium	vīra corōnāria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “virus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly