codra

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly borrowed from Ancient Greek κόδρα (kódra), which would explain the co-.

Noun[edit]

codra f (genitive codrae); first declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

  1. Alternative form of quadra, exact meaning unclear.
  2. portion (of bread) ?

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative codra codrae
Genitive codrae codrārum
Dative codrae codrīs
Accusative codram codrās
Ablative codrā codrīs
Vocative codra codrae

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Standing for its literal derivation from νέμω (némō, to distribute).

References[edit]

  1. ^ Georg Getz, Carl Gustav Löwe, Wilhelm C. Heraeus, Gotthold E. Gundermann (1888) Corpus glossariorum Latinorum: Glossae Latinograecae et Graecolatinae. Accedunt minora utriusque linguae glossaria[1], volume II, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner Verlag, page 351, line 35
  2. ^ codra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  3. ^ Georg Getz, Carl Gustav Löwe, Wilhelm C. Heraeus (1892) Corpus glossariorum Latinorum: Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana. Accedunt hermeneumata medicobotanica vetustiora[2], volume III, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner Verlag, page 183, line 46

Further reading[edit]

  • Densusianu, Ovid (1899) “Étymologies romanes”, in Romania (in French), volume 28, number 109, →JSTOR, page 63
  • Çabej, Eqrem (1964) “Studime rreth etimologjisë së gjuhës shqipe XII”, in Studime filologjike[3] (in Albanian), number 1, page 69