proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Aldrovandus
Aldrovandus m sg (genitive Aldrovandī)
Classical[aɫ.drɔˈwan.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[al.droˈvan.dus]
Meaning
- masculinesingulara surname from Italian
Primusqui, quout sciam, evolutionis Ichneumonum mentionem fecit, Aldrovandus est.
The first person who, as far as I know, made mention of the evolution of ichneumons was Aldrovandi.1829, Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst, “Caput I. Historia culturae Ichneumonidum.”, in Ichneumonologia europaea., volume 1, page 2:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aldrovandus | — |
| genitive | Aldrovandī | — |
| dative | Aldrovandō | — |
| accusative | Aldrovandum | — |
| ablative | Aldrovandō | — |
| vocative | Aldrovande | — |
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂tís Proto-Germanic *hildiz Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw- Proto-Indo-European *bʰrénuh₁e-? Proto-Germanic *brinnaną Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Germanic *-az Proto-Germanic *brandaz Proto-Germanic *Hildibrandaz Proto-West Germanic *Hildibrandbor. Proto-Indo-European *-ós ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin Aldebrandus Italian Aldobrando Italian Aldrovando Latin -ī Italian -i Italian Aldrovandibor. ▲ Latin -us Latin Aldrovandus Borrowed from Italian Aldrovandi + -us m.