alburnus

Latin

Etymology

albus (“white”) +‎ -urnus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈbur.nus/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbur.nus/,

Noun

alburnus m (genitive alburnī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) a white fish, probably the bleak or blay (Alburnus alburnus)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ausonius to this entry?)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (bleak, blay): albica (Mediaeval)

Descendants

• Translingual: Alburnus
• English: alburn
• Old French: alborne, auborne
  • → Middle English: auborne, aubourne
    • English: auburn

References

• “1. alburnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ALBURNUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 1 alburnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “95/2”

Adjective

alburnus (feminine alburna, neuter alburnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) Synonym of subalbus (“whitish”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

• 1. ALBURNUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)