iuglans

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

A univerbation of Iovis glāns (“Jupiter's acorn”), from Proto-Italic *djouglānts. The compound is of Proto-Indo-European date, with parallels in Ancient Greek Διὸς βάλανος (Diòs bálanos, “sweet chestnut”), Armenian տկողին (tkoġin).

Pronunciation

Noun

iūglāns f (genitive iūglandis); third declension

  1. walnut
  2. walnut tree

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iūglāns iūglandēs
genitive iūglandis iūglandium
iūglandum
dative iūglandī iūglandibus
accusative iūglandem iūglandēs
ablative iūglande iūglandibus
vocative iūglāns iūglandēs

Descendants

  • → English: juglans
  • → Esperanto: juglando
  • Translingual: Juglans

References

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