opulus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Gaulish *opolos (“maple”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ok̂u̯-olo-, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Compare Proto-Celtic *oketā (“harrow”), Cornish eythin (“gorse”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔ.pʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.pu.lus] === Noun === opulus f (genitive opulī); second declension A kind of maple tree. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Dalmatian: vaple Italian: oppio, loppio === References === “opulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "opulus", 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) “opulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.