opulus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Gaulish *opolos (“maple”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ok̂u̯-olo-, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).[1][2] Compare Proto-Celtic *oketā (“harrow”), Cornish eythin (“gorse”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈo.pu.lus/, [ˈɔpʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.pu.lus/, [ˈɔːpulus]
Noun
[edit]opulus f (genitive opulī); second declension
- A kind of maple tree.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | opulus | opulī |
| genitive | opulī | opulōrum |
| dative | opulō | opulīs |
| accusative | opulum | opulōs |
| ablative | opulō | opulīs |
| vocative | opule | opulī |
References
[edit]- “opulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- opulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- opulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “63”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 63
- ^ Marstrander, Corr. Gmc.-celt. 18