caenum

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain[1] – usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). According to Pokorny, cognate with inquinō, obscēnus, cūniō and English whin.

Pronunciation

Noun

caenum n (genitive caenī); second declension

  1. dirt, filth, mud, mire

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative caenum caena
genitive caenī caenōrum
dative caenō caenīs
accusative caenum caena
ablative caenō caenīs
vocative caenum caena

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: ceno
  • Portuguese: ceno
  • Spanish: cieno
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *caenica

References

  • “caenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caenum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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