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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

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

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Etymology 2

From Latin cornus. Compare Daco-Romanian corn.

Noun

cornu n (plural cornji)

  1. cornel, European cornel, Cornus mas

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French

Etymology

From Latin cornūtus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔʁ.ny/

Adjective

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

  1. horned

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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

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.

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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