cornus

See also: Cornus

French

Adjective

cornus

1. masculine plural of cornu

Anagrams

• curons

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Latin

Etymology 1

Probably related to Ancient Greek κερασός (kerasós, “cherry”).

Noun

cornus f (genitive cornī); second declension

1. cornel, dogwood

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cornus	cornī
Genitive	cornī	cornōrum
Dative	cornō	cornīs
Accusative	cornum	cornōs
Ablative	cornō	cornīs
Vocative	corne	cornī

Derived terms

• corneus
• cornētum

Descendants

• Aromanian: cornu, coarnã
• Catalan: corneller
• English: cornel
• French: cornouille, cornouiller
• Friulian: cuargnâl, cuargnolâr, cuargnul
• Italian: corniolo, corniola

• Occitan: cormièr, còrma
• Portuguese: corniso
• Romanian: corn, coarnă
• Spanish: corno, cornejo, cornizo
• Venetian: cornołaro, cornołer, crognoło

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cornū (“horn”)

Noun

cornūs

1. genitive singular of cornū

References

• cornus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cornus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cornus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cornus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cornus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• cornus in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press