crabro

See also: Crabro

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krāzrō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognate with Old High German hornaz, hornuz, horniz (“hornet”), Old English hurnitu, hyrnetu (“hornet”). More at hornet.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkraː.broː/

Noun

crābrō m (genitive crābrōnis); third declension

hornet

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	crābrō	crābrōnēs
genitive	crābrōnis	crābrōnum
dative	crābrōnī	crābrōnibus
accusative	crābrōnem	crābrōnēs
ablative	crābrōne	crābrōnibus
vocative	crābrō	crābrōnēs

Descendants

Italian: calabrone
Portuguese: crabro, cambrão
Venetian: graón, gravarón, graùgn

References

crabro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
crabro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
crabro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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