forus
Latin
editEtymology
editUncertain. Compare Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing”), Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “a passage; passage-way; ford; bridge”), Old High German bara, para (“a bar; barrier”).
Noun
editforus m (genitive forī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | forus | forī |
Genitive | forī | forōrum |
Dative | forō | forīs |
Accusative | forum | forōs |
Ablative | forō | forīs |
Vocative | fore | forī |
References
edit- “forus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “forus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- forus 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)
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) at home; in one's native country: domi (opp. foris)
- (ambiguous) credit has disappeared: fides (de foro) sublata est (Leg. Agr. 2. 3. 8)
- (ambiguous) to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere
- (ambiguous) at home; in one's native country: domi (opp. foris)
Old Irish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editforus n (genitive foris or forais)
- stable foundation
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 63c6
- .i. oldate inna foris [sic] diar n-athraib
- than the foundations of our fathers
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 15d34
- í forus cen oclatid
- in firmness without boldness
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 63c6
- (law) dwelling, residence, household (of humans or contractual animals)
Inflection
editThe masculine o-stem plural foris attested in the Milan glosses is universally considered to be a scribal error.
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | forusN | forusN | forusL, foirsea |
Vocative | forusN | forusN | forusL, foirsea |
Accusative | forusN | forusN | forusL, foirsea |
Genitive | foraisL | forus | forusN |
Dative | forusL | foirsib | foirsib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
forus | ḟorus | forus pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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