fraxinus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fraksinos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of *bʰerHǵós (birch). Cognate with, भूर्ज (bhūrjá, Himalayan birch) (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.), English birch, Russian берёза (berjóza).

Pronunciation

fraxinus (ash tree)

Noun

fraxinus f (genitive fraxinī); second declension

  1. an ash tree
    • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.30:
      montes et valles diligit abies, robur, castaneae, tilia, ilex, cornus. aquosis montibus gaudent acer, fraxinus, sorbus, tilia, cerasus.
      Mountains and valleys are favoured by fir, oak, chestnut, linden, scarlet oak, dogwood. Wet mountains abound in maple, ash, service-tree, linden, [and] cherry.
  2. an ashen spear or javelin

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fraxinus fraxinī
Genitive fraxinī fraxinōrum
Dative fraxinō fraxinīs
Accusative fraxinum fraxinōs
Ablative fraxinō fraxinīs
Vocative fraxine fraxinī

Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

fraxinus (feminine fraxina, neuter fraxinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of ash wood; ashen

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fraxinus fraxina fraxinum fraxinī fraxinae fraxina
Genitive fraxinī fraxinae fraxinī fraxinōrum fraxinārum fraxinōrum
Dative fraxinō fraxinō fraxinīs
Accusative fraxinum fraxinam fraxinum fraxinōs fraxinās fraxina
Ablative fraxinō fraxinā fraxinō fraxinīs
Vocative fraxine fraxina fraxinum fraxinī fraxinae fraxina

References

  • fraxinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fraxinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fraxinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • fraxinus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly