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Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish *opolos (“maple”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ok̂u̯-olo-, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Compare Proto-Celtic *oketā (“harrow”), Cornish eythin (“gorse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
opulus f (genitive opulī); second declension
- A kind of maple tree.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- “opulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- opulus 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)
- opulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.