cornu

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Derived terms 2.3.3 Descendants 2.4 References

[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔʁ.ny/

[edit] Adjective

cornu m. (f. cornue, m. plural cornus, f. plural cornues)

1. horned

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *ḱoru and *ḱr̥-no-, from *ḱer- "horn". Cognates include English horn.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkor.nuː/, SAMPA: /"kor.nu:/
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[edit] Noun

cornū (genitive cornūs); n, fourth declension

1. a horn, antler
2. a tusk
3. the horns of the moon
4. am arm or wing of an army
5. (music) a horn as a musical instrument
6. any substance like the material of a horn, such as the bill of a bird
7. the end of a book or scroll, usually made of ivory
8. (figuratively) power, strength, might

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cornū	cornua
genitive	cornūs	cornuum
dative	cornū	cornibus
accusative	cornū	cornua
ablative	cornū	cornibus
vocative	cornū	cornua

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[edit] Descendants

[edit] References

• “cornu” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)