hornus

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibly from either: Proto-Italic *hōrnos, from earlier *hojōrnos, from *ho- (“this”) +‎ *jōros (“year”) +‎ *-nos, medial element from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year”), compare hodiē, hodiernus, first part of the formation finds parallel in German heuer, but notably with the determiner declined, cognate with Latin hōra, English year; or perhaps, less likely, ho- +‎ vē̆rnus (“of spring”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhoːr.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.nus] === Adjective === hōrnus (feminine hōrna, neuter hōrnum); first/second-declension adjective this year's, grown this year ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== hōrnō (adverb) hōrnōtinus === References === “hornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 297