noun · femininefirst declension
pruīna
pruīna f (genitive pruīnae)
Classical[pruˈiː.na]Ecclesiastical[pruˈiː.na]
Meaning
- rime, hoarfrost
Mollis erat tellūs rōrāta māne pruīnā.
The earth was [still] soft, bedewed with morning hoarfrost.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 3.357
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
gelū noctispruīna -ae (f) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 17
rōs gelidus mātūtīnuspruīna -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 8, 9
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pruīna | pruīnae |
| genitive | pruīnae | pruīnārum |
| dative | pruīnae | pruīnīs |
| accusative | pruīnam | pruīnās |
| ablative | pruīnā | pruīnīs |
| vocative | pruīna | pruīnae |
prŭīna, ae, f. for provina; root pra-, prae; cf. Gr. πρωΐ, early,
I. hoar-frost, rime (cf.:
glacies, gelu), Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; Sen. Q. N. 4, 3 fin.; Plin. 2, 60, 61, § 152; Varr. R. R. 2, 2; Lucr. 2, 431 et saep.—In plur.: pruinae ac nives, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23; Hor. C. 1, 4, 4: matutinae, Ov. M. 3, 488; Val. Fl. 2, 287 al.—II. Transf.
A. Snow (poet. and in post-class. prose):
nix concreta pruinā, Lucr. 3, 20: gelidae, Verg. G. 2, 263; 3, 368; Val. Fl. 8, 210; Gell. 12, 5, 11.—B. Ad medias sementem extende pruinas, winter, Verg. G. 1, 230.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pruīna ae, f
PVR-, hoar-frost, rime : quae (aqua) neque nive pruināque concresceret: pruinae ac nives: canae, H.: matutinae, O.: gelidae, i. e. snow , V.: ad medias sementem extende pruinas, i. e. winter , V.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with prūna (“a live coal”). More at freeze.
Borrowings
- Frenchpruine
- Romanianpruinăfrom French pruine
- Portuguesepruína
- Spanishpruina
- Esperantoprujno
- Galicianpruína
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianbrina
- Istriotbriſina
- Piedmontesebrin-afrom Italian brina
- Venetanpuìna
- Venetanpoìna
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchbruine
In English words that came into English from pruīna
- pruinosepruīnōsus