ornus

See also: õrnus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-. See also English ash.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈor.nus/, [ˈɔrnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈor.nus/, [ˈɔrnus]

Noun

ornus f (genitive ornī); second declension

1. a mountain ash tree, rowan tree
2. a lance made of the wood of an ash

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ornus	ornī
genitive	ornī	ornōrum
dative	ornō	ornīs
accusative	ornum	ornōs
ablative	ornō	ornīs
vocative	orne	ornī

Descendants

• Dalmatian: uarno
• → French: orne (learned)
• Italian: orno, orniello
• Romanian: urm

References

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