caenum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain[1] – usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). According to Pokorny, cognate with inquinō, obscēnus, cūniō and English whin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkae̯.nũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.num]
Noun
caenum n (genitive caenī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | caenum | caena |
| genitive | caenī | caenōrum |
| dative | caenō | caenīs |
| accusative | caenum | caena |
| ablative | caenō | caenīs |
| vocative | caenum | caena |
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References
- “caenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caenum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN