cornu

See also: čornu and Cornu

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *kornū
Latin cornūbor.
English cornu

    Borrowed from Latin cornū (“horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), corno, and horn.

    Noun

    cornu (plural cornua)

    2. A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
      Near-synonyms: infundibulum, choana, pelvis
    3. A brass instrument from Ancient Rome about 3 metres long in the shape of a letter 'G'.

    Derived terms

    References

    Aromanian

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Latin cornū. Cognate with Romanian corn.

    Noun

    cornu n (plural coarni or coarne)

    1. horn

    Etymology 2

    Inherited from Latin cornus. Cognate with Romanian corn.

    Noun

    cornu n (plural cornji)

    1. cornel, European cornel, Cornus mas

    Fala

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    ?
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.
    Proto-Italic *kornū
    Latin cornū
    Fala cornu

      Inherited from Latin cornū.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾnu/
      • Rhymes: -oɾnu
      • Syllabification: cor‧nu

      Noun

      cornu m (plural cornus)

      1. (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/
      • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)

      Adjective

      cornu (feminine cornue, masculine plural cornus, feminine plural cornues)

      1. horned

      Further reading

      Latin

      cornua caprī (horns of a goat)

      Etymology

        Inherited from Proto-Italic *kornū.[1] 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

        Noun

        cornū̆ n (genitive cornūs or cornū); fourth declension

        1. horn; antler
          • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.189–190:
            ductōrēsque ipsōs prīmum, capita alta ferentēs
            cornibus arboreīs, sternit
            And first the leaders themselves, bearing their heads high with branching antlers, [Aeneas] strikes down.
            (Demonstrating his military skill, Aeneas first targets the “leaders” – in this case, three stags.)
        2. tusk
        3. the horns of the moon
          • 8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 1.10–14:
            Nūllus adhūc mundō praebēbat lūmina Tītān,
            nec nova crēscendō reparābat cornua Phoebē,
            nec circumfūsō pendēbat in āere tellūs
            ponderibus lībrāta suīs, nec bracchia longō
            margine terrārum porrēxerat Amphītrītē; […]
            No Titan [Sun] as yet provided light to the world, nor did Phoebe [the Moon] repair new horns in waxing, nor did the Earth hang in the surrounding air, balanced by its own weights, nor had Amphitrite [the sea] stretched her arms down the far borders of the lands; […]
        4. arm or wing (of an army)
          Synonym: latus
        5. (poetic, in the plural) bow
          Synonym: arcus
        6. (music) horn (as a musical instrument)
        7. any substance like the material of a horn, such as the beak or bill of a bird
        8. end of the stick around which books (scrolls) were rolled, ornamented with ivory
        9. (figuratively) power; strength; might

        Declension

        Fourth-declension noun (neuter).

        singular plural
        nominative cornū̆1 cornua
        genitive cornūs2
        cornū3         		cornuum
        dative cornū4
        cornuī2         		cornibus
        accusative cornū̆1 cornua
        ablative cornū cornibus
        vocative cornū̆1 cornua

        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

        Descendants
        • Insular Romance:
          • Sardinian: corru
        • Balkano-Romance:
        • Italo-Dalmatian:
        • Rhaeto-Romance:
        • Gallo-Italic:
          • Emilian: côren, ⇒ côrna
          • Ligurian: còrno
          • Lombard: còrno, córen
          • Piedmontese: còrn
          • Romagnol: côran
        • Northern Gallo-Romance:
          • Franco-Provençal: ⇒ côrna
          • Old French: corn, ⇒ corne (see there for further descendants)
        • Southern Gallo-Romance:
        • Ibero-Romance:
        • Borrowings:

        References

        1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cornū, -ūs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 136

        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.“
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