caurus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kaweros, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₁w- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sěverъ (“north”), Lithuanian šiaurė ("north"), German Schauer, and English shower.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkau̯.rʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaːu̯.rus]
Noun
caurus m (genitive caurī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | caurus | caurī |
| genitive | caurī | caurōrum |
| dative | caurō | caurīs |
| accusative | caurum | caurōs |
| ablative | caurō | caurīs |
| vocative | caure | caurī |
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Further reading
- “caurus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 100
Latvian
Adjective
caurus
- accusative masculine plural of caurs