clunis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *klounis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlównis. Cognate with Lithuanian šlaunis, Sanskrit श्रोणि (śróṇi).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɫuː.nɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkluː.nis]
Noun
clūnis m or f (genitive clūnis); third declension
Usage notes
More common in the plural form.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | clūnis | clūnēs |
| genitive | clūnis | clūnium |
| dative | clūnī | clūnibus |
| accusative | clūnem | clūnēs clūnīs |
| ablative | clūne | clūnibus |
| vocative | clūnis | clūnēs |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- clūnālis
- clūnicula
Descendants
References
- “clunis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “clunis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "clunis", 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)
- clunis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “clūnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123