corylus

See also: Corylus

Latin

Alternative forms

• corulus

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κόρῠλος (kórulos). Indo-European cognates include Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”), Proto-Germanic *hasalaz (“hazel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ry.lus/, [ˈkɔrʏɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ri.lus/, [ˈkɔːrilus]

Noun

corylus f (genitive corylī); second declension

1. a hazel or filbert shrub
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Eclogae (Book I, line 14-15)

1. • hic inter densas corylos modo namque gemellos/spem gregis, a! silice in nuda conixa reliquit.

     for here in the hazel thicket just now dropping twins/ah, the flock's hope, on naked flint, she abandoned them.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	corylus	corylī
Genitive	corylī	corylōrum
Dative	corylō	corylīs
Accusative	corylum	corylōs
Ablative	corylō	corylīs
Vocative	coryle	corylī

Derived terms

• colurnus
• corylētum

Descendants

• Translingual (taxonomic genus): Corylus

References

• “cŏrylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “corylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cŏry̆lus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 436/2.