carpinus
See also: Carpinus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”). See also carina and cerrus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.pi.nus/, [ˈkärpɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.pi.nus/, [ˈkärpinus]
Noun edit
carpinus m (genitive carpinī); second declension
- Hornbeam; European hornbeam; a variety of deciduous tree.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | carpinus | carpinī |
Genitive | carpinī | carpinōrum |
Dative | carpinō | carpinīs |
Accusative | carpinum | carpinōs |
Ablative | carpinō | carpinīs |
Vocative | carpine | carpinī |
Descendants edit
- Balkan Romance:
- Istriot:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References edit
- “carpinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- carpinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.