crabro
See also: Crabro
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Italic *krāzrō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognate with Old High German hornaz, hornuz, horniz (“hornet”), Old English hurnitu, hyrnetu (“hornet”). More at hornet. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkraː.broː/, [ˈkräːbroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkra.bro/, [ˈkräːbro]
Noun edit
crābrō m (genitive crābrōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | crābrō | crābrōnēs |
Genitive | crābrōnis | crābrōnum |
Dative | crābrōnī | crābrōnibus |
Accusative | crābrōnem | crābrōnēs |
Ablative | crābrōne | crābrōnibus |
Vocative | crābrō | crābrōnēs |
Descendants edit
Most descendants via crābrōnem (accusative).
- → Esperanto: krabro
- Italian: calabrone
- Lombard: gravalòn
- Venetian: graón, gravarón, graùgn
- West Iberian
- → Portuguese: crabro
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *crabrus
References edit
- “crabro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “crabro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- crabro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.