arvus

Estonian

Noun

arvus

  1. inessive singular of arv

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *arawos, from *h₂erh₃- (to plough) +‎ *-wós (adjective suffix).[1] Synchronically ar- (present stem of arō) +‎ -vus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

arvus (feminine arva, neuter arvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. arable
  2. ploughed, cultivated

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative arvus arva arvum arvī arvae arva
genitive arvī arvae arvī arvōrum arvārum arvōrum
dative arvō arvae arvō arvīs
accusative arvum arvam arvum arvōs arvās arva
ablative arvō arvā arvō arvīs
vocative arve arva arvum arvī arvae arva

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “arvum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 56

Further reading

  • arvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "arvus", 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)
  • arvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.