viburnum
See also: Viburnum
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
viburnum (plural viburna)
- Any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.
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Translations edit
plants of the genus Viburnum
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Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, possibly Etruscan. Compare laburnum, alaternus, basterna, lacerna, santerna, pincerna, clarnus, all strongly suspected to be from Etruscan or a related language, although the sound sequence also occurs in words trusted to be native like sturnus, spinturnīx, cōturnīx.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯iːˈbur.num/, [u̯iːˈbʊrnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /viˈbur.num/, [viˈburnum]
Noun edit
vīburnum n (genitive vīburnī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | vīburnum | vīburna |
Genitive | vīburnī | vīburnōrum |
Dative | vīburnō | vīburnīs |
Accusative | vīburnum | vīburna |
Ablative | vīburnō | vīburnīs |
Vocative | vīburnum | vīburna |
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References edit
- viburnum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “viburnum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press