opulus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Gaulish *opolos (“maple”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ok̂u̯-olo-, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).[1][2] Compare Proto-Celtic *oketā (“harrow”), Cornish eythin (“gorse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.pu.lus/, [ˈɔpʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.pu.lus/, [ˈɔːpulus]
Noun[edit]
opulus f (genitive opulī); second declension
- A kind of maple tree.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | opulus | opulī |
| Genitive | opulī | opulōrum |
| Dative | opulō | opulīs |
| Accusative | opulum | opulōs |
| Ablative | opulō | opulīs |
| Vocative | opule | opulī |
References[edit]
- “opulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- opulus 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)
- opulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 63, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 63
- ^ Marstrander, Corr. Gmc.-celt. 18