prunum

Latin

Alternative forms

• *prūna f (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpruː.num/, [ˈpruːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpru.num/, [ˈpruːnum]

Noun

prūnum n (genitive prūnī); second declension

1. A plum fruit.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prūnum	prūna
Genitive	prūnī	prūnōrum
Dative	prūnō	prūnīs
Accusative	prūnum	prūna
Ablative	prūnō	prūnīs
Vocative	prūnum	prūna

Related terms

• prūnniceus
• prūnus

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: prunã
  • Megleno-Romanian: prună
  • Romanian: prună
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: prugna
  • Sicilian: pruna, prunu
• Old French: prune
  • French: prune
  • Norman: preune
  • Walloon: pronne
  • → Middle English: prune, pruna
    • English: prune
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: pruna
  • Occitan: pruna
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: brugnul
  • Romansch: prüna
• Sardinian: pruna
• Venetian: brógna, brónba
• West Iberian
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: (probably with influence from Proto-Celtic *agrinyos (“sloe”))
    • Fala: abruñu, agruñu
    • Galician: abruño
    • Portuguese: abrunho
  • Spanish: bruno, pruna
• → Proto-West Germanic: *plūmā (see there for further descendants)
• → Irish: prúna

References

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