corneus
Latin
Etymology 1
From cornū (“horn”)
Adjective
corneus (feminine cornea, neuter corneum); first/second declension
- Of horn.
- Hard as horn, horny.
- Of the color of horn.
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | corneus | cornea | corneum | corneī | corneae | cornea | |
Genitive | corneī | corneae | corneī | corneōrum | corneārum | corneōrum | |
Dative | corneō | corneae | corneō | corneīs | corneīs | corneīs | |
Accusative | corneum | corneam | corneum | corneōs | corneās | cornea | |
Ablative | corneō | corneā | corneō | corneīs | corneīs | corneīs | |
Vocative | cornee | cornea | corneum | corneī | corneae | cornea |
Synonyms
- corneolus
Related terms
- corneolus
- cornescō
- cornicen
- corniculāns
- corniculātus
- corniculum
- cornifer
- corniger
- cornipēs
- cornū
- cornuālis
- cornuārius
- cornuātus
- cornūcōpia
- cornulum
- cornupeta
- cornūtus
- unicornis
Descendants
- English: cornea
- Italian: corneo
- Portuguese: córneo
- Spanish: córneo
Etymology 2
From cornus (“cornel, dogwood”)
Adjective
corneus (feminine cornea, neuter corneum); first/second declension
- Of or pertaining to the cornel or dogwood.
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | corneus | cornea | corneum | corneī | corneae | cornea | |
Genitive | corneī | corneae | corneī | corneōrum | corneārum | corneōrum | |
Dative | corneō | corneae | corneō | corneīs | corneīs | corneīs | |
Accusative | corneum | corneam | corneum | corneōs | corneās | cornea | |
Ablative | corneō | corneā | corneō | corneīs | corneīs | corneīs | |
Vocative | cornee | cornea | corneum | corneī | corneae | cornea |
Related terms
- cornus
Descendants
- Italian: cornio
- Translingual: Cornus
References
- corneus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- corneus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- corneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette