noun · femininesecond declension
corylus
corylus f (genitive corylī)
Classical[ˈkɔ.ry.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔː.ri.lus]
Meaning
- femininea hazel or filbert shrub
Hic inter densas corylos modo namque gemellos / spem gregis, a! silice in nuda conixa reliquit.
for here in the hazel thicket just now dropping twins / ah, the flock's hope, on naked flint, she abandoned them.c. 41 BCE – 39 BCE, Vergilius, Eclogae 1.14–15
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | corylus | corylī corulī |
| genitive | corylī corulī | corylōrum corulōrum |
| dative | corylō corulō | corylīs corulīs |
| accusative | corylum corulum | corylōs corulōs |
| ablative | corylō corulō | corylīs corulīs |
| vocative | coryle corule | corylī corulī |
cŏrўlus or cŏrŭlus, i, f., = κόρυλος,
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
corylus or corulus ī, f
a hazel-tree, filberttree, V., O.
Origins
Together with Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”), Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel”) from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos if not a Proto-Italic borrowing from Celtic or Germanic before the First Germanic Sound Shift or a substrate. The presence of the “y” letter may be a reworking of the original corulus variant through a phenomenon in which the Romans had the tendency to Grecize words for poetic reasons. See Thybris and Tiberis.