ornus
See also: õrnus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-. See also English ash.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈor.nus/, [ˈɔrnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈor.nus/, [ˈɔrnus]
Noun
ornus f (genitive ornī); second declension
- an mountain ash tree, rowan tree
- a lance made of the wood of an ash
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ornus | ornī |
| Genitive | ornī | ornōrum |
| Dative | ornō | ornīs |
| Accusative | ornum | ornōs |
| Ablative | ornō | ornīs |
| Vocative | orne | ornī |
Descendants
- Dalmatian: uarno
- → French: orne (learned)
- Italian: orno, orniello
- Romanian: urm
References
- “ornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ornus 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)
- ornus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette