alburnus

See also: Alburnus

Latin

Etymology

albus (“white”) +‎ -urnus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈbur.nus/, [äɫ̪ˈbʊrnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈbur.nus/, [älˈburnus]

Noun

alburnus m (genitive alburnī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) a white fish, probably the bleak or blay (Alburnus alburnus)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ausonius to this entry?)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alburnus	alburnī
Genitive	alburnī	alburnōrum
Dative	alburnō	alburnīs
Accusative	alburnum	alburnōs
Ablative	alburnō	alburnīs
Vocative	alburne	alburnī

Synonyms

• (bleak, blay): albica (Mediaeval)

Descendants

• Translingual: Alburnus
• English: alburn
• Old French: alborne, auborne
  • → Middle English: auborne, aubourne
    • English: auburn

References

• “1. alburnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ALBURNUS 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)
• 1 alburnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “95/2”

Adjective

alburnus (feminine alburna, neuter alburnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) Synonym of subalbus (“whitish”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	alburnus	alburna	alburnum		alburnī	alburnae	alburna
Genitive	alburnī	alburnae	alburnī		alburnōrum	alburnārum	alburnōrum
Dative	alburnō		alburnō		alburnīs
Accusative	alburnum	alburnam	alburnum		alburnōs	alburnās	alburna
Ablative	alburnō	alburnā	alburnō		alburnīs
Vocative	alburne	alburna	alburnum		alburnī	alburnae	alburna

References

• 1. ALBURNUS 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)