cornu

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cornū (“horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), corno, and horn. === Noun === cornu (plural cornua) A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn. Near-synonyms: infundibulum, choana, pelvis A brass instrument from Ancient Rome about 3 metres long in the shape of a letter 'G'. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “cornu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Aromanian == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin cornū. Cognate with Romanian corn. ==== Noun ==== cornu n (plural coarni or coarne) horn ===== Related terms ===== curnut === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin cornus. Cognate with Romanian corn. ==== Noun ==== cornu n (plural cornji) cornel, European cornel, Cornus mas ===== Related terms ===== coarnã == Fala == === Alternative forms === colnu (Lagarteiru) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cornū. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoɾnu/ Rhymes: -oɾnu Syllabification: cor‧nu === Noun === cornu m (plural cornus) (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) horn === References === Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 95 == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cornūtus. Equivalent to corne +‎ -u. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔʁ.ny/ === Adjective === cornu (feminine cornue, masculine plural cornus, feminine plural cornues) horned ==== Related terms ==== cor === Further reading === “cornu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Italic *kornū. Cognate with English horn, hirn; Ancient Greek κρᾱνῐ́ον (krānĭ́on, “skull”), κέρᾰς (kérăs, “horn”); Sanskrit शृङ्ग॑ (śṛ́ṅga, “horn; tusk”). See also cerebrum (“brain”), cervus (“deer”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔr.nuː], [ˈkɔr.nʊ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔr.nu] === Noun === cornū̆ n (genitive cornūs or cornū); fourth declension horn; antler tusk the horns of the moon arm or wing (of an army) Synonym: latus (poetic, in the plural) bow Synonym: arcus (music) horn (as a musical instrument) any substance like the material of a horn, such as the beak or bill of a bird end of the stick around which books (scrolls) were rolled, ornamented with ivory (figuratively) power; strength; might ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun (neuter). 1The length of the final vowel is uncertain in the nominative/accusative/vocative singular; Martianus Capella considers it to end with -ū, while Servius considers it to end with -ŭ.2According to Martianus Capella.3According to Servius.4According to both. ==== Quotations ==== Vegetius Renatus, artis veterinariae sive mulomedicinae libri. In: Scriptores rei rusticae ex recensione Io. Gottlob Schneider cum notis. Tomus quintus, Augusta Taurinorum, 1830, p. 72 (lib. I, cap. 20) and 369 (lib. VI, cap. 10): [...] salis cappadocis uncias 3, cornu cervini, lapidis gagatis masculi, lapidis gagatis foeminae, ana uncias 3, [...] [...] addisque cornu cervini unciam, sinopidis Pontici pastillos tres, opopanacis semiunciam, [...] Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Evangelium seccundum Lucam 1,69: et ērēxit cornū salūtis nōbīs in domō Dāvīd puerī suī Ovid, Metamorphoses I.455: [...] adducto flectentem cornua nervo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “cornu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cornu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cornu", 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) “cornu”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “cornu”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “cornu”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Wörterbuch der Lateinischen Sprache, nach historisch-genetischen Principien, mit steter Berücksichtigung der Grammatik, Synonymik und Alterthumskunde, bearbeitet von Dr. Wilhelm Freund. Nebst mehreren Beilagen linguistischen und archäologischen Inhalts. Erster Band. A–C, Leipzig, 1834, p. LXVII–LXXXVIII „III. Ueber den genit. sing. der Wörter cornu, gelu, genu etc.“