arvus

Estonian

Noun

arvus

1. inessive singular of arv

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *arawos, from *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”) +‎ *-wós (adjective suffix). Synchronically ar- (present stem of arō) +‎ -vus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.u̯us/, [ˈäru̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.vus/, [ˈärvus]

Adjective

arvus (feminine arva, neuter arvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. arable
2. ploughed, cultivated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	arvus	arva	arvum		arvī	arvae	arva
Genitive	arvī	arvae	arvī		arvōrum	arvārum	arvōrum
Dative	arvō		arvō		arvīs
Accusative	arvum	arvam	arvum		arvōs	arvās	arva
Ablative	arvō	arvā	arvō		arvīs
Vocative	arve	arva	arvum		arvī	arvae	arva

Derived terms

• arva
• arvēnsis
• arvum

Further reading

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