aerumna

== Latin == === Etymology === Unknown. Two explanations have been proposed: as a loan from Greek αἰρομένη (airoménē), and as having been borrowed from an Etruscan source; De Vaan (2008) points out that connection with αἰρομένη (airoménē) – the feminine middle/passive participle of αἴρω (aírō), in turn the contracted form of ἀείρω (aeírō) – is problematic, as there is no example in Greek of the use of the feminine form of this participle as a noun meaning "burden"; and that an Etruscan etymology is impossible to prove. === Noun === aerumna f (genitive aerumnae); first declension need, want trouble, toil, hardship distress, tribulation, calamity ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “aerumna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aerumna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aerumna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.