English

Noun

cornu ‎(plural cornua)

1. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Latin cornu. Compare Daco-Romanian corn.

Noun

cornu n (plural coarni/coarne)

1. horn

Related terms

• curnut

Etymology 2

From Latin cornus. Compare Daco-Romanian corn.

Noun

cornu n ‎(plural cornji)

1. cornel, European cornel, Cornus mas

Related terms

• coarnã

French

Etymology

From Latin cornūtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.ny/

Adjective

cornu m ‎(feminine singular cornue, masculine plural cornus, feminine plural cornues)

1. horned

Related terms

• cor

Latin

cornua caprī (horns of a goat)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂u, *ḱr̥h₂-no-, both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- ‎(“horn”). Cognates include English horn, hirn; Ancient Greek κρᾱνίον ‎(krāníon, “skull”), κέρας ‎(kéras, “horn”); Sanskrit शृङ्ग ‎(śṛṅga, “horn, tusk”). See also cerebrum ‎(“brain”), cervus ‎(“deer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.nuː/

Noun

cornū n ‎(genitive cornūs); fourth declension

1. a horn, antler
2. a tusk
3. the horns of the moon
4. an arm or wing of an army
5. (music) a horn as a musical instrument
6. any substance like the material of a horn, such as the bill of a bird
7. the end of a book or scroll, usually made of ivory
8. (figuratively) power, strength, might

Inflection

Fourth declension neuter.

Note: The genitive singular is also cornū.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• cornu in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cornu in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CORNU in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cornu”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cornu in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cornu in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin