Latin

Noun

lignum n ‎(genitive lignī); second declension

1. firewood
2. (later Latin) wood tissue
3. tree
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Psalm.1.3

     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)

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

Related terms

• lignātiō
• lignātor
• ligneolus

Descendants

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.