carpinus

See also: Carpinus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kar- (“hard”). See also Latin carina and cerrus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pi.nus/, [ˈkärpɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pi.nus/, [ˈkärpinus]

Noun

carpinus m (genitive carpinī); second declension

1. Hornbeam; European hornbeam; a variety of deciduous tree.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	carpinus	carpinī
Genitive	carpinī	carpinōrum
Dative	carpinō	carpinīs
Accusative	carpinum	carpinōs
Ablative	carpinō	carpinīs
Vocative	carpine	carpinī

Descendants

• Aragonese: carpin
• Catalan: carpí
• Franco-Provençal: charpena
• French: charme
• Istriot: carpano
• Italian: carpino, carpine
• Occitan: calpre
• Portuguese: carpino

• Romanian: carpen
• Romansch: charpin
• Sicilian: càrpinu
• Spanish: carpe
• Translingual: Carpinus
• Venetian: càrpano, càrpane
• Walloon: charne

References

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