cornuum
Dictionary entries
- 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);
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
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...historiae Graecae gravissimus Thucydides Lacedaemonios, summos bellatores, non cornuum tubarumve signis, sed tibiarum modulis in proeliis esse usos..."Liber VI
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...Eadem est feminae marisque natura, eadem forma magnitudoque cornuum. Sunt item, quae appellantur alces. Harum est consimilis capris..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...interpellaverit ducem. Ante imperium deinde concentu tubarum ac cornuum cursu effuso in hostem feruntur. Non tamquam in viros..."