terrenus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Proto-Italic *tērzeznos, from *tērzos + *-nos, the first of which from Proto-Indo-European *tērsos, neuter s-stem to the root *ters- (“dry”).[1]
Alternatively, from the locative form *terrai of terra and -nus. [2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /terˈreː.nus/, [t̪ɛrˈreːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /terˈre.nus/, [t̪erˈrɛːnus]
Adjective edit
terrēnus (feminine terrēna, neuter terrēnum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | terrēnus | terrēna | terrēnum | terrēnī | terrēnae | terrēna | |
| Genitive | terrēnī | terrēnae | terrēnī | terrēnōrum | terrēnārum | terrēnōrum | |
| Dative | terrēnō | terrēnō | terrēnīs | ||||
| Accusative | terrēnum | terrēnam | terrēnum | terrēnōs | terrēnās | terrēna | |
| Ablative | terrēnō | terrēnā | terrēnō | terrēnīs | |||
| Vocative | terrēne | terrēna | terrēnum | terrēnī | terrēnae | terrēna | |
Derived terms edit
- terrēna
- terrēnitās (Mediaeval Latin)
- terrēnum
Descendants edit
References edit
- “terrēnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “terrenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- terrenus 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)
- terrēnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 1,560–1.
- “terrēnus” on page 1,928 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “terrenus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,024/1
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “terrenus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 674
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “terra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 616