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Cornu
‖
Cor′nu
(kôr′nū̍)
, Noun.
pl.
Cornua
(-nū̍-ȧ)
. [L.]
A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
Definition 2024
cornu
cornu
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Latin cornu. Compare Daco-Romanian corn.
Noun
cornu n (plural coarni/coarne)
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Etymology 2
From Latin cornus. Compare Daco-Romanian corn.
Noun
cornu n (plural cornji)
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁ.ny/
Adjective
cornu m (feminine singular cornue, masculine plural cornus, feminine plural cornues)
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Latin
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
- a horn, antler
- a tusk
- the horns of the moon
- an arm or wing of an army
- (music) a horn as a musical instrument
- any substance like the material of a horn, such as the bill of a bird
- the end of a book or scroll, usually made of ivory
- (figuratively) power, strength, might
Inflection
Fourth declension neuter.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | cornū | cornua |
genitive | cornūs | cornuum |
dative | cornū | cornibus |
accusative | cornū | cornua |
ablative | cornū | cornibus |
vocative | cornū | cornua |
Note: The genitive singular is also cornū.
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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