corneus

Latin

Etymology 1

From cornū (“horn”)

Adjective

corneus (feminine cornea, neuter corneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of horn.
2. Hard as horn, horny.
3. Of the color of horn.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	corneus	cornea	corneum		corneī	corneae	cornea
Genitive	corneī	corneae	corneī		corneōrum	corneārum	corneōrum
Dative	corneō		corneō		corneīs
Accusative	corneum	corneam	corneum		corneōs	corneās	cornea
Ablative	corneō	corneā	corneō		corneīs
Vocative	cornee	cornea	corneum		corneī	corneae	cornea

Synonyms

• corneolus

Related terms

• corneolus
• cornescō
• cornicen
• corniculāns
• corniculātus
• corniculum

• cornifer
• corniger
• cornipēs
• cornū
• cornuālis
• cornuārius

• cornuātus
• cornūcōpia
• cornulum
• cornupeta
• cornūtus
• unicornis

Descendants

• Catalan: corni
• English: cornea
• Italian: corneo
• Portuguese: córneo
• Spanish: córneo

Etymology 2

From cornus (“cornel, dogwood”)

Adjective

corneus (feminine cornea, neuter corneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the cornel or dogwood.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	corneus	cornea	corneum		corneī	corneae	cornea
Genitive	corneī	corneae	corneī		corneōrum	corneārum	corneōrum
Dative	corneō		corneō		corneīs
Accusative	corneum	corneam	corneum		corneōs	corneās	cornea
Ablative	corneō	corneā	corneō		corneīs
Vocative	cornee	cornea	corneum		corneī	corneae	cornea

Related terms

• cornus

Descendants

• Italian: cornio
• Translingual: Cornus

References

• “corneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.