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Latin
Etymology 1
Either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, cognate with Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”), or a by-form of the synonym cornū from the same root.
Noun
cornum n (genitive cornī); second declension
- horn (all senses)
- hoof
- beak, tusk, claw
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Etymology 2
Neuter fruit name from the same root as the tree name cornus (“cornel”).
Noun
cornum n (genitive cornī); second declension
- cornel cherry, cornelian cherry
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Etymology 3
Noun
cornum
- accusative singular of cornus
References
- “cornum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cornum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cornum 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)
- cornum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old English
Noun
cornum
- dative plural of corn