quercus
See also: Quercus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *kʷerkus, assimilated from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu- (“oak”). Compare Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”), Punjabi ਪਰਗਾਇ (pargāī, “holm oak”). See also English fir.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷer.kus/, [ˈkʷɛrkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwer.kus/, [ˈkwɛrkus]
Noun edit
quercus f (genitive quercūs); fourth declension
- An oak, oak-tree, especially the Italian oak.
- (poetic) Of things made from oak wood.
Usage notes edit
The Italian oak was considered sacred to the god Jupiter.
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ubus).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | quercus | quercūs |
Genitive | quercūs | quercuum |
Dative | quercuī | quercubus |
Accusative | quercum | quercūs |
Ablative | quercū | quercubus |
Vocative | quercus | quercūs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Quercus
- ⇒ Galician: cerquiño, cerqueiro
- Italian: quercia
- Portuguese: querco
- Sicilian: cerza
- Spanish: alcornoque
- → English: cork
See also edit
References edit
- “quercus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quercus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quercus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette