cornum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cornus, corni:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cornel-cherry-tree (Cornus mas); cornel wood; javelin (of cornel wood);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →cornum, corni:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cornel berry/cherry, fruit of cornelian cherry tree; javelin/spear (of cornel);; horn; hoof; beak/tusk/claw; bow; horn/trumpet; end, wing of army; mountain top;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →cornus, cornus:
Feminine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cornel-cherry-tree (Cornus mas); cornel wood; javelin (of cornel wood);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →cornu, cornus:
Neuter · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
horn; hoof; beak/tusk/claw; bow; horn/trumpet; end, wing of army; mountain top;
gen. pl.
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...agmen cum vecti, Donax; tu, Simalio, in sinistrum cornum; tu, Syrisce, in dexterum. cedo alios: ubi centuriost Sanga..."Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...titulum fecit de loquendi proprietate, quem, cum ederet, cornum esse Copiae dicebat, rem scripsit neque dictu neque auditu..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...ferme valet, tamquam si dicas "cornum Copiae". In eo libro super Demosthene rhetore et Laide meretrice historia haec..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...lignis ortus taedaque creatus. praeterea lumen per cornum transit, at imber respuitur. quare, nisi luminis illa minora corpora..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...habet, multum lanae, caput praeterea durum, frontem expudoratam, cornum acutum. Plurimi hoc signo scolastici nascuntur et arietilli." Laudamus..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tenet ultima frustra verba ciens fixamque videt decrescere cornum. hinc Halyn, hinc rigido transcurrens demetit ense Protin..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quid referam, qui quadrupedantis Echecli fixit in adverso cornum sine cuspide vultu? vecte Pelethronium Macareus in pectus adacto..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...temeraria virtus.' dixit et aerata torsit grave cuspide cornum; quo bene librato votique potente futuro obstitit aesculea frondosus..."
