autumnus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === auctumnus, autumna === Etymology === From earlier auctumnus, of unclear ultimate origin: From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (“cold”) (compare Old Irish úacht, Lithuanian áušti (“to cool off”), Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)). Borrowed from an Etruscan word, like Etruscan 𐌀𐌕𐌖𐌍𐌄 (atune, “autumn”). From Proto-Indo-European *h₂sews- (“dry”), as in "drying up season." Possibly influenced by auctus (“enriched, enlarged, ample”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈtʊm.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈtum.nus] === Noun === autumnus m (genitive autumnī); second declension autumn, fall ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== See also ==== === Adjective === autumnus (feminine autumna, neuter autumnum); first/second-declension adjective (relational) autumn; autumnal ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Several are learned. === See also === === References === === Further reading === “autumnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "autumnus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)