diurnum
Latin
editEtymology
editSubstantivization of diurnus (“day”, relational adjective). Documented from the fourth century AD.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /diˈur.num/, [d̪iˈʊrnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈur.num/, [d̪iˈurnum]
Noun
editdiurnum n (genitive diurnī); second declension (Late Latin)
- day (specifically the time when the sun is up)
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | diurnum | diurna |
Genitive | diurnī | diurnōrum |
Dative | diurnō | diurnīs |
Accusative | diurnum | diurna |
Ablative | diurnō | diurnīs |
Vocative | diurnum | diurna |
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
Adjective
editdiurnum
- inflection of diurnus:
References
edit- diurnum 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)
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “diurnum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 105