caenum

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain[1] – usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). According to Pokorny, cognate with inquinō, obscēnus, cūniō and English whin.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkae̯.num/, [ˈkae̯.nũ]

Noun

caenum n (genitive caenī); second declension

  1. dirt, filth, mud, mire

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative caenum caena
genitive caenī caenōrum
dative caenō caenīs
accusative caenum caena
ablative caenō caenīs
vocative caenum caena

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • caenum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caenum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caenum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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