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See also: Laurus

Latin

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Etymology

From Old Latin dacrus.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Related to Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, laurel), and likely borrowed there from an Aegean or Anatolian language. Together with the rare variation δαυχμός (daukhmós) and the name δαῦκος (daûkos), used for some umbelliferous plants, Beekes derives δάφνη (dáphnē) from *dakʷ-(n-). It is possibly related to Latin lacrima, dacrima and Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru, tear, resin), themselves from *dáḱru- and this from the compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (eye-bitter), due to its poignancy as firewood, or its gummy sap. Traditionally, δαῦκος has been connected with δαίω (daíō, to kindle, burn).

Pronunciation

Noun

laurus f (genitive laurī); second declension

  1. laurel tree
  2. (metonymic) laurels; a crown of laurel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative laurus laurī
genitive laurī laurōrum
dative laurō laurīs
accusative laurum laurōs
laurūs
ablative laurō laurīs
vocative laure laurī

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References

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “laurus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 775-776
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 306-307
  3. ^ Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980) “δαῦκος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), volume 1, Paris: Klincksieck, pages 254-255

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