alnus

See also: aļņus and Alnus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *alznos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élsnos, from *h₂élis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.nus/, [ˈäɫ̪nʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.nus/, [ˈälnus]

Noun

alnus m or f (genitive alnī); second declension

1. alder (tree)
2. (by extension) anything made of alder wood; a ship, vessel or boat.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alnus	alnī
Genitive	alnī	alnōrum
Dative	alnō	alnīs
Accusative	alnum	alnōs
Ablative	alnō	alnīs
Vocative	alne	alnī

Derived terms

• alneus

Descendants

• Aromanian: anin, arin
• → Esperanto: alno
• French: aulne
• Italian: alno
• Megleno-Romanian: rin
• Romanian: anin, arin
• Spanish: alno

References

• “alnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “alnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alnus 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)
• alnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.