hornus
Latin
Etymology
- From hi(c) and some derivation from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁-. Cognate with Latin hōra and English year.
- Alternatively from hi(c) + vernus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhoːr.nus/, [ˈhoːrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈor.nus/, [ˈɔrnus]
Adjective
hōrnus (feminine hōrna, neuter hōrnum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | hōrnus | hōrna | hōrnum | hōrnī | hōrnae | hōrna | |
| Genitive | hōrnī | hōrnae | hōrnī | hōrnōrum | hōrnārum | hōrnōrum | |
| Dative | hōrnō | hōrnō | hōrnīs | ||||
| Accusative | hōrnum | hōrnam | hōrnum | hōrnōs | hōrnās | hōrna | |
| Ablative | hōrnō | hōrnā | hōrnō | hōrnīs | |||
| Vocative | hōrne | hōrna | hōrnum | hōrnī | hōrnae | hōrna | |
References
- “hornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 293