farnus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”). Compare Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá, “Himalayan birch”) (Betula utilis), English birch and Latin fraxinus (“ash tree”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfar.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfar.nus]
Noun
farnus f (genitive farnī); second declension
- kind of oak
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | farnus | farnī |
| genitive | farnī | farnōrum |
| dative | farnō | farnīs |
| accusative | farnum | farnōs |
| ablative | farnō | farnīs |
| vocative | farne | farnī |
Descendants
- Italian: farnia
References
- “farnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "farnus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bherəɡ-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 138-139