astronomus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀστρονόμος (astronómos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈtro.no.mus/, [äs̠ˈt̪rɔnɔmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈtro.no.mus/, [äsˈt̪rɔːnomus]

Noun

astronomus m (genitive astronomī); second declension

1. an astronomer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	astronomus	astronomī
Genitive	astronomī	astronomōrum
Dative	astronomō	astronomīs
Accusative	astronomum	astronomōs
Ablative	astronomō	astronomīs
Vocative	astronome	astronomī

Related terms

• astronomia

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: astrònom
• French: astronome
• Galician: astrónomo
• Italian: astronomo
• Portuguese: astrónomo, astrônomo
• Romanian: astronom
• Sicilian: astrònumu
• Spanish: astrónomo
• → Albanian: astronom
• → Basque: astronomo
• → Czech: astronom
• → Dutch: astronoom
• →⇒ English: astronomer
• → Esperanto: astronomo
• → German: Astronom
• → Hungarian: asztronómus
• → Ido: astronomo
• → Kashubian: astronóm
• → Latvian: astronoms
• → Norwegian Bokmål: astronom
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: astronom
• → Polish: astronom
• → Romanian: astronom
• → Serbo-Croatian: astrònom
• → Slovak: astronóm
• → Swedish: astronom

References

• “astronomus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• astronomus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

astronomus m

1. accusative plural of astronoms