Cornus

See also: cornus

Translingual

Cornus mas (type species)

Etymology

Latin cornus (“cornel, dogwood”)

Proper noun

Cornus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cornaceae – cornels (dogwoods) and related trees.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Cornales - order; Cornaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cornus subg. Cornus, Cornus subg. Benthamidia, Cornus subg. Swida, Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum - subgenera

Descendants

• English: cornin, cornus tannin

References

• Cornus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cornus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cornus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cornus at USDA Plants database

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κόρνος (Kórnos).

Proper noun

Cornus f sg (genitive Cornī); second declension

1. An ancient city on the west coast of Sardinia

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cornus
Genitive	Cornī
Dative	Cornō
Accusative	Cornum
Ablative	Cornō
Vocative	Corne
Locative	Cornī

References

• “Cornus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Cornus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cornus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Cornus”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• “Cornus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly