adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
salignus
salignus (feminine saligna, neuter salignum)
Classical[saˈlɪŋ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[saˈliɲ.ɲus]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalwillow
Invitent croceis [apes] halantes floribus horti Et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna
May gardens bright, fragrant with flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 4.109–111
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | salignus | saligna | salignum |
| genitive | salignī | salignae | salignī |
| dative | salignō | salignae | salignō |
| accusative | salignum | salignam | salignum |
| ablative | salignō | salignā | salignō |
| vocative | saligne | saligna | salignum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | salignī | salignae | saligna |
| genitive | salignōrum | salignārum | salignōrum |
| dative | salignīs | salignīs | salignīs |
| accusative | salignōs | salignās | saligna |
| ablative | salignīs | salignīs | salignīs |
| vocative | salignī | salignae | saligna |
sălignus (collat. form sălignĕus, Col. 6, 2, 4; 9, 15, 12; 11, 3, 33; Dig. 47, 7, 3), a, um, adj. salix,
I. of willow or willowwood, willow-:
cunei, Cato, R. R. 20, 1: fustis, Hor. S. 1, 5, 22: verua, Ov. F. 2, 363: lectus, id. M. 8, 659; cf. pes, id. ib. 8, 657: frons, id. ib. 9, 99: umbonum crates, Verg. A. 7, 632: crates, Petr. 135.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
salīgnus adj.
salix, of willow, of willow-wood, willow- : frons, O.: fustis, H.: lectus, O.: Umbonum crates, V.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin salignus From salix (“willow”, oblique stem salic-) + -nus. Compare larignus and īlignus.
Descendants
- Italiansaligno
- TranslingualSalignus