farnus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”). Compare Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá, “Himalayan birch”) (Betula utilis), English birch and Latin fraxinus (“ash tree”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfar.nus/, [ˈfärnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfar.nus/, [ˈfärnus]
Noun edit
farnus f (genitive farnī); second declension
- kind of oak
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | farnus | farnī |
| Genitive | farnī | farnōrum |
| Dative | farnō | farnīs |
| Accusative | farnum | farnōs |
| Ablative | farnō | farnīs |
| Vocative | farne | farnī |
Descendants edit
- Italian: farnia
References edit
- “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