Cornus

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Translingual

Cornus mas (type species)

Etymology

Latin cornus (“cornel, dogwood”)

Proper noun

Cornus f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cornaceae – cornels (dogwoods) and related trees.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Descendants

  • English: cornin, cornus tannin

References

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κόρνος (Kórnos).

Proper noun

Cornus f sg (genitive Cornī); second declension

  1. An ancient city on the west coast of Sardinia

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cornus
Genitive Cornī
Dative Cornō
Accusative Cornum
Ablative Cornō
Vocative Corne
Locative Cornī

References

  • “Cornus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Cornus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Cornus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Cornus”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
  • “Cornus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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