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lignum
lignum
Latin
Noun
lignum n (genitive lignī); second declension
- firewood
- (later Latin) wood tissue
- tree
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Psalm.1.3
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Et erit tamquam lignum transplantatum iuxta rivulos aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo et folium eius non defluet et omne quod fecerit prosperabitur
- And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper (Duoay-Rheims translation)
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Et erit tamquam lignum transplantatum iuxta rivulos aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo et folium eius non defluet et omne quod fecerit prosperabitur
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Inflection
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | lignum | ligna |
genitive | lignī | lignōrum |
dative | lignō | lignīs |
accusative | lignum | ligna |
ablative | lignō | lignīs |
vocative | lignum | ligna |
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References
- lignum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lignum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- LIGNUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lignum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.