chordus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editOf uncertain origin.[1] But see Latin hortus (“garden”), Ancient Greek χόρτος (khórtos, “feeding ground, fodder”). Possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).[2]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʰor.dus/, [ˈkʰɔrd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.dus/, [ˈkɔrd̪us]
Adjective
editchordus (feminine chorda, neuter chordum); first/second-declension adjective
- (originally, of animals) late-born
- produced late (or out of season)
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | chordus | chorda | chordum | chordī | chordae | chorda | |
| Genitive | chordī | chordae | chordī | chordōrum | chordārum | chordōrum | |
| Dative | chordō | chordō | chordīs | ||||
| Accusative | chordum | chordam | chordum | chordōs | chordās | chorda | |
| Ablative | chordō | chordā | chordō | chordīs | |||
| Vocative | chorde | chorda | chordum | chordī | chordae | chorda | |
Descendants
edit- ⇒ Italian: cordesco
- Vulgar Latin: *cordārium (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- “chordus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- chordus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cordus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 420