luror

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *loiros, of uncertain origin.[1] Vine and Nussbaum suggest an origin from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (plum-coloured, blueish), and thus cognacy with līvidus (leaden, bluish),[2] while Schrijver suggests a relation to Proto-Brythonic *lloɨr (moon), which itself is possibly from *(s)leh₃y-.[1] Synchronically analyzable as the -or-derivative corresponding to lūridus (pale yellow).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lūror m (genitive lūrōris); third declension

  1. paleness, pallor, lividness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lūror lūrōrēs
genitive lūrōris lūrōrum
dative lūrōrī lūrōribus
accusative lūrōrem lūrōrēs
ablative lūrōre lūrōribus
vocative lūror lūrōrēs

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lūridus (> Derivatives > lūror)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354
  2. ^ Vine, Brent (2002) “On full-grade *-ro- formations in Greek and Indo-European”, in Southern, Mark R. V., editor, Indo-European Perspectives, Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, page 344

Further reading

  • luror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • luror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.