arbos
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈar.boːs/, [ˈärboːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.bos/, [ˈärbos]
- Attested with a long -ō- in its nominative in Vergil (see quotation).
Noun
[edit]arbōs f (genitive arboris); third declension
- (poetic) Alternative form of arbor (“tree”)
- c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 2.66:
- Plantīs et dūrae corylī nāscuntur et ingēns / fraxinus Herculeaeque arbōs umbrōsa corōnae, / Chāoniīque patris glandēs.
- From seedlings are born both hard hazels and the large ash-tree, the shade-giving tree of Hercules' crown, acorns of the Chaonian progenitor.
- Plantīs et dūrae corylī nāscuntur et ingēns / fraxinus Herculeaeque arbōs umbrōsa corōnae, / Chāoniīque patris glandēs.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | arbōs | arborēs |
| Genitive | arboris | arborum |
| Dative | arborī | arboribus |
| Accusative | arborem | arborēs |
| Ablative | arbore | arboribus |
| Vocative | arbōs | arborēs |
References
[edit]- “arbos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “arbos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arbos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.