honorus
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== Esperanto ==
=== Verb ===
honorus
conditional of honori
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔˈnoː.rʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈnɔː.rus]
=== Etymology 1 ===
From honor (“honour”) + -us, analogous with decōrus from decor.
==== Adjective ====
honōrus (feminine honōra, neuter honōrum); first/second-declension adjective
honorable/honourable (worthy of honor/honour)
honorable/honourable (that confers honor/honour)
===== Declension =====
First/second-declension adjective.
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Noun ====
honorus
(Old Latin, rare) genitive singular of honor
===== Usage notes =====
This form shows the rare genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is. This unique ending is poorly attested and largely exclusive to religious or legal documents.
=== References ===
“honorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“honorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Coleman, Robert (1990), “Dialectal Variation in Republican Latin, with Special Reference to Praenestine”, in Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society[1], number 36 (216) (quotation in English; overall work in English), →ISSN, page 8