prunum
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpruː.num/, [ˈpruː.nũ]
Noun
prūnum n (genitive prūnī); second declension
- A plum fruit.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prūnum | prūna |
| genitive | prūnī | prūnōrum |
| dative | prūnō | prūnīs |
| accusative | prūnum | prūna |
| ablative | prūnō | prūnīs |
| vocative | prūnum | prūna |
Related terms
- prūnniceus
- prūnus
Descendants
- Aromanian: prunã
- Friulian: brugnul
- Irish: prúna
- Italian: prugna
- Old French: prune
- Old Occitan:
- Old Portuguese: (probably with influence from Proto-Celtic *agrinyos (“sloe”))
- Germanic: *prūmǭ (see there for further descendants)
- Romanian: prună
- Romansch: prüna
- Sardinian: pruna
- Sicilian: pruna, prunu
- Spanish: bruno
- Venetian: brógna, brónba
References
- prunum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prunum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prunum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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