clunis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *klounis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlównis. Cognate with Lithuanian šlaunis, Sanskrit श्रोणि (śróṇi).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkluː.nis/, [ˈkɫ̪uːnɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈklu.nis/, [ˈkluːnis]
Noun edit
clūnis m or f (genitive clūnis); third declension
Usage notes edit
More common in the plural form.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | clūnis | clūnēs |
| Genitive | clūnis | clūnium |
| Dative | clūnī | clūnibus |
| Accusative | clūnem | clūnēs clūnīs |
| Ablative | clūne | clūnibus |
| Vocative | clūnis | clūnēs |
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References edit
- “clunis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “clunis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clunis 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)
- clunis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “clūnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123