paronymon

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek πᾰρώνῠμον (părṓnŭmon).

Pronunciation

Noun

parōnymon n (genitive parōnymī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) paronym
    • 4th C.?, Diomedes (aut.), T.H.G. Keil (ed.), Ars grammatica in Grammatici Latini I (1857), p. 324, ll. 8–9:
      Paronyma sunt quae ab alio quodam trahuntur et nihil de supra memoratis significant, ut equus eques.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:paronymon.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative parōnymon parōnyma
genitive parōnymī parōnymōrum
dative parōnymō parōnymīs
accusative parōnymon parōnyma
ablative parōnymō parōnymīs
vocative parōnymon parōnyma

References

  • Paronymon” in Ambrosius Calepinus’s Dictionarium Latinum (1502)
    Paronymon.nomen ab alio deriuatum.
  • părōny̆ma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,117/2.