LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

diurnum

diurnum n (genitive diurnī)
Classical[diˈʊr.nũː]Ecclesiastical[diˈur.num]

Meaning

  1. neutera day's ration, daily proportion or allowance
  2. neuteran account book of day-to-day issues, daybook, record, minutes
    Extat talis scriptura in plerisque libris ac diurnis titulisque operum.We can still to this day see this font in number of books, account books, and on the front of many buildings.121 CE, Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum:
  3. Late Latinneuterday (specifically the time when the sun is up)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativediurnum
diurnus		diurna
genitivediurnīdiurnōrum
dativediurnōdiurnīs
accusativediurnumdiurna
diurnōs
ablativediurnōdiurnīs
vocativediurnum
diurne		diurna

Origins

Neuter nominalization of diurnus (“day”, relational adjective). Sense 3 documented from the fourth century AD.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanjorn
  • Occitanjornfrom Old Occitan jorn
  • Franco-Provençaljorn
  • Old Frenchjor
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiangiorno
  • Corsicanghjornu
  • Neapolitanjuorno
  • Sicilianjornu
  • Venetanzorno
  • Venetangiorno
Gallo-Italic
  • Liguriangiórno

In English words that came into English from diurnum

  • journey*diurnāta

Quick answers

What does diurnum mean in Latin?
diurnum, a noun, means “a day's ration, daily proportion or allowance; an account book of day-to-day issues, daybook, record, minutes; day (specifically the time when the sun is up)”.
What is the genitive of diurnum?
The genitive singular is diurnī. diurnum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce diurnum?
In classical Latin, [diˈʊr.nũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈur.num].