ornus

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See also: õrnus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-. See also English ash.

Pronunciation

Noun

ornus f (genitive ornī); second declension

  1. a mountain ash tree, rowan tree
  2. a lance made of the wood of an ash

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ornus ornī
Genitive ornī ornōrum
Dative ornō ornīs
Accusative ornum ornōs
Ablative ornō ornīs
Vocative orne ornī

Descendants

  • Dalmatian: uarno
  • → French: orne (learned)
  • Italian: orno, orniello
  • Romanian: urm

References

  • “ornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ornus 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)
  • ornus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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