[ˈkɔr.nuː], [ˈkɔr.nʊ], [ˈkɔr.nu]
OriginInherited from Proto-Italic *kornū. Cognate with English horn, hirn; Ancient Greek κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “skull”), κέρας (kéras, “horn”); Sanskrit शृङ्ग (śṛ́ṅga, “horn, tusk”). See also cerebrum (“brain”), cervus (“deer”).
- declension-4horn, antler
“ductōrēsque ipsōs prīmum, capita alta ferentēs
cornibus arboreīs, sternit
And first the leaders themselves, bearing their heads high with branching antlers, [Aeneas] strikes down.
(Demonstrating his m”
- declension-4tusk
- declension-4the horns of the moon
“Nūllus adhūc mundō praebēbat lūmina Tītān,
nec nova crēscendō reparābat cornua Phoebē,
nec circumfūsō pendēbat in āere tellūs
ponderibus lībrāta suīs, nec bracchia longō
margine terrārum porrēxerat Am” — No Titan [Sun] as yet provided light to the world, nor did Phoebe [the Moon] repair new horns in waxing, nor did the Earth hang in the surrounding air, balanced by its own weights, nor had Amphitrite
- declension-4arm or wing (of an army)
“c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.52”
- declension-4, in-plural, poeticbow
- declension-4horn (as a musical instrument)
- declension-4any substance like the material of a horn, such as the beak or bill of a bird
- declension-4end of the stick around which books (scrolls) were rolled, ornamented with ivory
“8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.1.8”
- declension-4, figurativelypower, strength, might
Formscornū̆(canonical, neuter) · cornūs(genitive) · cornū(genitive) · cornū̆(nominative, singular) · cornua(nominative, plural) · cornūs(genitive, singular) · cornū(genitive, singular) · cornuum(genitive, plural) · cornū(dative, singular) · cornuī(dative, singular) · cornibus(dative, plural) · cornū̆(accusative, singular) · cornua(accusative, plural) · cornū(ablative, singular) · cornibus(ablative, plural) · cornū̆(singular, vocative) · cornua(plural, vocative)