Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 446.cornu on page 446
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cornu horn
cornu is a Latin Noun that primarily means horn.
Definitions for cornu
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
horn
English derivatives:
corn - not the grain but a thick growth of skin cornea corner cornet cornucopia unicorn
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
An animal's horn. (b) (attributed to certain deities, esp. river-gods); Hammonis ~u, the name of a precious stone. (c) (of analogous appendages on the heads of insects, etc.). (d) (in fig. phrs., as a symbol of pride, defiance, etc.); ~ua alicui (in aliquem) obuertere, (uertere), to turn against a person.
- 2
Horn as a substance; ~u Indicum, ivory. (b) a lantern of horn or the side of one.
- 3
A hollowed-out horn used as a containuer, drinking-vessel, etc.; (as the emblem of certain deities) ; esp. ~u Copiae, a magic horn supposed to provide whatever its owner desired. (b) a funnel made from a horn.
Sentences with cornu
Latin to English
Faenum habet in cornu: longe fuge! Dummodo risum excutiat sibi, non hic cuiquam parcet amico.Compare He carries hay on his horns [i.e., he is dangerous], give him a wide berth: provided he can raise a laugh he will spare neither himself nor any friend.
Ille arma mitto, cornu, tuba, falx, signum, legio.Compare He sent arms, horns, trumpets, hooks, standards, and legions.
Hic bos a medius frons unus cornu exsisto, excelsus magisque directus hic, qui ego notus sum, cornu.Compare From the middle of the forehead of this bull one horn rises, longer and straighter than those horns which are known to us.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 131.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 446.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "cornu, cornūs (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 30, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/cornu-cornus.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 131.cornu, cornūs on page 131
