lorum
See also: -lorum
Latin
Alternative forms
- lōrus (Late)
Etymology
Possibly from an extinct, but Indo-European substrate language[1]; or, possibly for *vlōrum, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”), the same root as of volvō. Confer with Ancient Greek εὔληρα (eúlēra, “reins”), Old Armenian լար (lar).
Noun
lōrum n (genitive lōrī); second declension
- thong (leather strap)
- reins of a bridle
- whip, lash, scourge
- girdle
- slender vinebranch
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lōrum | lōra |
| Genitive | lōrī | lōrōrum |
| Dative | lōrō | lōrīs |
| Accusative | lōrum | lōra |
| Ablative | lōrō | lōrīs |
| Vocative | lōrum | lōra |
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: λῶρος (lôros)
- Galician: loro
- Portuguese: loro
References
- “lorum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lorum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lorum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lorum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN