aerumna
Latin
Etymology
Unknown. Two explanations have been proposed: as a loan from Greek αἰρομένη (airoménē), and as having been borrowed from an Etruscan source; de Vaan (2008) points out that connection with αἰρομένη (airoménē) – the feminine middle/passive participle of αἴρω (aírō), in turn the contracted form of ἀείρω (aeírō) – is problematic, as there is no example in Greek of the use of the feminine form of this participle as a noun meaning "burden"; and that an Etruscan etymology is impossible to prove.[1]
Noun
aerumna f (genitive aerumnae); first declension
- need, want
- trouble, toil, hardship
- distress, tribulation, calamity
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aerumna | aerumnae |
| Genitive | aerumnae | aerumnārum |
| Dative | aerumnae | aerumnīs |
| Accusative | aerumnam | aerumnās |
| Ablative | aerumnā | aerumnīs |
| Vocative | aerumna | aerumnae |
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- “aerumna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aerumna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aerumna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette