iuglans

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

A univerbation of Iovis glāns (“Jupiter's acorn”), from Proto-Italic *djouglānts. The compound is of Proto-Indo-European date, with parallels in Ancient Greek Διὸς βάλανος (Diòs bálanos, “sweet chestnut”), Armenian տկողին (tkoġin).

Pronunciation

Noun

iūglāns f (genitive iūglandis); third declension

  1. walnut
  2. walnut tree

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iūglāns iūglandēs
Genitive iūglandis iūglandium
iūglandum
Dative iūglandī iūglandibus
Accusative iūglandem iūglandēs
Ablative iūglande iūglandibus
Vocative iūglāns iūglandēs

Descendants
  • → English: juglans
  • → Esperanto: juglando
  • Translingual: Juglans

References
  • “iuglans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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