noun · femininesecond declension
cornus1
cornus f (genitive cornī)
Meaning
- femininecornel, dogwood (tree and fruit)
plurima Threiciis nutritur vallibus Hebri
Translation by Steven J. Green Very many a cornel tree is nourished in the Thracian valleys of Hebrus, and there are shady myrtle trees along the shores of Venusc. 1 CE – 8 CE, Grattius, Carmen venaticum 128–129vinum fit et e siliqua Syriaca et e piris malorumque omnibus generibus — sed e Punicis rhoiten vocant — et e cornis, mespilis, sorbis, moris siccis, nucleis pinis. hi musto madidi exprimuntur, superiora per se mitia. Translation by Rackham, Jones, & Eichholz
Wine is also made from the Syrian carob, and from pears and all kinds of apples (one from pomegranates is called rhoites) as also from cornels, medlars, service berries, dried mulberries and fir-cones; the last are soaked in must before being pressed, but the juice of the preceding fruits is sweet of itself.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 14.XIX.103
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cornus | cornī cornūs |
| genitive | cornī cornūs | cornōrum cornuum |
| dative | cornō cornuī | cornīs cornibus |
| accusative | cornum | cornōs cornūs |
| ablative | cornō cornū | cornīs cornibus |
| vocative | corne cornus | cornī cornūs |
cornus, i, f. (cornus, ūs, f., Sil. 4, 552; Stat. Th. 7, 647),
I. a cornel cherry-tree: Cornus mascula, Linn.; Plin. 16, 25, 42, § 103 sq.; Verg. G. 2, 448; Col. 5, 7, 1 al.—
II. Meton., a javelin made of cornelwood, Verg. A. 9, 698; Sil. 10, 122; Stat. l. l. al.; cf. 1. cornum, II.
cornus, ūs, v. cornu
I. init.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cornus ī (abl. cornū, O.), f
1 CAR-, a cornel cherry-tree, V.—Cornel-wood, O.—A javelin (of cornel-wood), V., O.
Origins
Unknown. Akin to Ancient Greek κράνος (krános), κράνον (kránon, “cornel”), which perhaps indicates that both are borrowed from a Mediterranean substrate language.
Descendants
- Occitancòrma
- Romaniancorn
- Romaniancoarnă
- Spanishcorno
- Spanishcornizofrom Vulgar Latin *corniceus
- Portuguesecornisofrom Vulgar Latin *corniceus
- Englishcornelfrom Vulgar Latin *cornicula
- Spanishcornejofrom Vulgar Latin *corniculus
- Catalancornellerfrom Vulgar Latin *corniculārius
- Frenchcornouillerfrom Vulgar Latin *corniculārius