cornum

Latin

Etymology 1

Either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, cognate with Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”), or a by-form of the synonym cornū from the same root.

Noun

cornum n (genitive cornī); second declension

  1. horn (all senses)
  2. hoof
  3. beak, tusk, claw
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cornum corna
Genitive cornī cornōrum
Dative cornō cornīs
Accusative cornum corna
Ablative cornō cornīs
Vocative cornum corna

Etymology 2

Neuter fruit name from the same root as the tree name cornus (“cornel”).

Noun

cornum n (genitive cornī); second declension

  1. cornel cherry, cornelian cherry
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cornum corna
Genitive cornī cornōrum
Dative cornō cornīs
Accusative cornum corna
Ablative cornō cornīs
Vocative cornum corna

Noun

cornum

  1. accusative singular of cornus

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

Old English

Noun

cornum

  1. dative plural of corn
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