autumnus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier auctumnus, of unclear ultimate origin:
- From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ- (“cold”) (compare Old Irish úacht, Lithuanian áušti (“to cool off”), Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc)).
- Borrowed from an Etruscan word.[1][2]
- From Proto-Indo-European *h₂sows-, *h₂sus- (“dry”), as in "drying up season."[3]
Possibly influenced by auctus (“enriched, enlarged, ample”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈtum.nus/, [au̯ˈtʊm.nʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈtum.nus/
Noun
autumnus m (genitive autumnī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | autumnus | autumnī |
| genitive | autumnī | autumnōrum |
| dative | autumnō | autumnīs |
| accusative | autumnum | autumnōs |
| ablative | autumnō | autumnīs |
| vocative | autumne | autumnī |
Adjective
autumnus (feminine autumna, neuter autumnum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | autumnus | autumna | autumnum | autumnī | autumnae | autumna | |
| genitive | autumnī | autumnae | autumnī | autumnōrum | autumnārum | autumnōrum | |
| dative | autumnō | autumnō | autumnīs | ||||
| accusative | autumnum | autumnam | autumnum | autumnōs | autumnās | autumna | |
| ablative | autumnō | autumnā | autumnō | autumnīs | |||
| vocative | autumne | autumna | autumnum | autumnī | autumnae | autumna | |
Descendants
References
- autumnus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- autumnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
- ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
- ↑ Tucker, T.G., Etymological Dictionary of Latin, Ares Publishers, 1976 (reprint of 1931 edition).
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