colurnus

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Latin

Etymology

By haplology from *corulurnus, from corulus (“hazel”) +‎ -urnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

colurnus (feminine colurna, neuter colurnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. made of hazelnut tree wood

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative colurnus colurna colurnum colurnī colurnae colurna
genitive colurnī colurnae colurnī colurnōrum colurnārum colurnōrum
dative colurnō colurnae colurnō colurnīs
accusative colurnum colurnam colurnum colurnōs colurnās colurna
ablative colurnō colurnā colurnō colurnīs
vocative colurne colurna colurnum colurnī colurnae colurna

References

  • “colurnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “colurnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • colurnus 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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