cornix
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂- (“crow, raven”), imitative of harsh sounds. Compare Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “crow, shearwater”), Lithuanian šárka (“magpie”), Serbo-Croatian svrȁka (“idem”),[1] Middle Irish crú, Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “raven, crow”). See also corvus (“crow”), crociō (“to croak like a raven”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkor.niːks/, [ˈkɔrniːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.niks/, [ˈkɔrniks]
Noun
[edit]cornīx f (genitive cornīcis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cornīx | cornīcēs |
| genitive | cornīcis | cornīcum |
| dative | cornīcī | cornīcibus |
| accusative | cornīcem | cornīcēs |
| ablative | cornīce | cornīcibus |
| vocative | cornīx | cornīcēs |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cornīx, -īcis”, 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
[edit]- “cornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cornix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cornix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cornix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.