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nurus
nurus
Latin
Noun
nurus f (genitive nurūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nurus | nurūs |
| genitive | nurūs | nuruum |
| dative | nuruī | nuribus |
| accusative | nurum | nurūs |
| ablative | nurū | nuribus |
| vocative | nurus | nurūs |
Descendants
The Romance descendants of this word reflect a Vulgar Latin *nŏra, regularized into the first declension which is usual for feminines, but preserving the o expected from PIE *u before *s > r (the classical u is irregular).
References
- nurus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nurus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- NURUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nurus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.