autumnus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier auctumnus, of unclear ultimate origin:

Possibly influenced by auctus (“enriched, enlarged, ample”).

Pronunciation

Noun

autumnus m (genitive autumnī); second declension

  1. autumn, fall

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative autumnus autumnī
genitive autumnī autumnōrum
dative autumnō autumnīs
accusative autumnum autumnōs
ablative autumnō autumnīs
vocative autumne autumnī

Adjective

autumnus (feminine autumna, neuter autumnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) autumn; autumnal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative autumnus autumna autumnum autumnī autumnae autumna
genitive autumnī autumnae autumnī autumnōrum autumnārum autumnōrum
dative autumnō autumnae autumnō autumnīs
accusative autumnum autumnam autumnum autumnōs autumnās autumna
ablative autumnō autumnā autumnō autumnīs
vocative autumne autumna autumnum autumnī autumnae autumna

Descendants

Several are learned.

References

  • “autumnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • autumnus 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)
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  3. ^ Tucker, T.G., Etymological Dictionary of Latin, Ares Publishers, 1976 (reprint of 1931 edition).
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