arundo
See also: Arundo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown. Probably from a substrate source, like Ancient Greek ὀρόντιον (oróntion) and ἄρον (áron, “cuckoopint, arum”).
Noun
arundō f (genitive arundinis); third declension
- reed
- fishing rod
- shaft of an arrow
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | arundō | arundinēs |
| genitive | arundinis | arundinum |
| dative | arundinī | arundinibus |
| accusative | arundinem | arundinēs |
| ablative | arundine | arundinibus |
| vocative | arundō | arundinēs |
Descendants
- Translingual: Arundo
References
- "arundo", 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)
- “arundo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers