laurus

See also: Laurus

Latin

Etymology

Related to Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”), whence also the given name Δάφνη (Dáphnē).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯.rus/, [ˈɫau̯.rʊs]

Noun

laurus f (genitive laurī); second declension

laurel tree
(metonymically) laurels; a crown of laurel

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	laurus	laurī
genitive	laurī	laurōrum
dative	laurō	laurīs
accusative	laurum	laurōs
ablative	laurō	laurīs
vocative	laure	laurī

Synonyms

(laurel tree): laurea
(crown of laurel): laurea

Derived terms

laurētum
laureus
lauricomus
laurifer

lauriger
laurīnus
lauripotēns

Related terms

Descendants

Albanian: lar
English: laurel
French: laurier
Galician: loureiro
Italian: alloro, lauro
Old French: lor, lorier
Portuguese: lauro, louro, loiro

Romanian: laur
Russian: лавр (lavr)
Serbo-Croatian: lȍvōr / ло̏во̄р
Sicilian: làuru, addàuru
Spanish: laurel, lauro, loro

References

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

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