LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

crābrō

crābrō m (genitive crābrōnis)
Classical[ˈkraː.broː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkraː.bro]

Meaning

  1. hornet
    Mīlia crābrōnum coeunt et vertice nūdōThousands of hornets unite and thrust their stings into the top of his bald head and mark his snub-nosed face. (When Silenus goes looking for honey he is attacked by hornets.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.753–754

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecrābrōcrābrōnēs
genitivecrābrōniscrābrōnum
dativecrābrōnīcrābrōnibus
accusativecrābrōnemcrābrōnēs
ablativecrābrōnecrābrōnibus
vocativecrābrōcrābrōnēs

crābro, ōnis, m.,
I. a hornet: Vespa crabro, Linn.; Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 71 sq.; Ov. M. 11, 335; Verg. G. 4, 245 al.—Prov.: irritare crabrones, to stir up a hornet's nest, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84.

Origins

Possibly from Proto-Italic *krāzrō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sьrxy, Old High German hornaz, hornuz, horniz (“hornet”), Old English hurnitu, hyrnetu (“hornet”). More at hornet.

Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesecambrão
  • Spanishcambrón
Borrowings
  • Portuguesecrabro
  • Spanishcrabrón
  • Esperantokrabro
  • TranslingualCrabro
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiancalabrone
  • Venetangraón
  • Venetangravarón
  • Venetangraùgn
Gallo-Italic
  • Lombardgravalòn

Quick answers

What does crābrō mean in Latin?
crābrō, a noun, means “hornet”.
What is the genitive of crābrō?
The genitive singular is crābrōnis. crābrō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce crābrō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkraː.broː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkraː.bro].