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Webster 1913 Edition
Alumnus
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A-lum′nus
,Noun.
pl.
Alumni
. [L., fr.
alere
to nourish.] A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.
Definition 2024
alumnus
alumnus
English
Noun
alumnus (plural alumni)
Usage notes
Alumnus is used when the gender of the subject is unspecified.
- Any alumnus may be invited to the reunion.
Related terms
Translations
a male pupil or student
a male graduate
a student
a graduate
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Latin
Etymology
- From Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-o-mno- (“being nourished”), mediopassive participle of *h₂el- (“to nourish, grow”) (whence alō). [1]
- Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish, grow”) + *-mno- (see *-mn̥).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈlum.nus/, [aˈɫʊm.nʊs]
Adjective
alumnus m (feminine alumna, neuter alumnum); first/second declension
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | alumnus | alumna | alumnum | alumnī | alumnae | alumna | |
| genitive | alumnī | alumnae | alumnī | alumnōrum | alumnārum | alumnōrum | |
| dative | alumnō | alumnō | alumnīs | ||||
| accusative | alumnum | alumnam | alumnum | alumnōs | alumnās | alumna | |
| ablative | alumnō | alumnā | alumnō | alumnīs | |||
| vocative | alumne | alumna | alumnum | alumnī | alumnae | alumna | |
Noun
alumnus m (genitive alumnī); second declension
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alumnus | alumnī |
| genitive | alumnī | alumnōrum |
| dative | alumnō | alumnīs |
| accusative | alumnum | alumnōs |
| ablative | alumnō | alumnīs |
| vocative | alumne | alumnī |
Descendants
References
- alumnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alumnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ALUMNUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alumnus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ↑ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press