hirnea

Latin

Etymology

Related to erneum (a kind of pie), but further connections are uncertain. Maybe related to Hindi घड़ा (ghaṛā, jug) or from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (to enclose)[1].

Noun

hirnea f (genitive hirneae); first declension

  1. A jug for holding liquids

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative hirnea hirneae
genitive hirneae hirneārum
dative hirneae hirneīs
accusative hirneam hirneās
ablative hirneā hirneīs
vocative hirnea hirneae

Derived terms

  • hirnula

References

  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), hirnea”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 651
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