corneolus
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
corneolus (uncountable)
- (obsolete) horn
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From corneus (“horny”) + -olus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /korˈne.o.lus/, [kɔrˈneɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /korˈne.o.lus/, [korˈnɛːolus]
Adjective[edit]
corneolus (feminine corneola, neuter corneolum); first/second-declension adjective
- Like or composed of horn, horny.
- (figuratively) Hard, firm.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | corneolus | corneola | corneolum | corneolī | corneolae | corneola | |
| Genitive | corneolī | corneolae | corneolī | corneolōrum | corneolārum | corneolōrum | |
| Dative | corneolō | corneolō | corneolīs | ||||
| Accusative | corneolum | corneolam | corneolum | corneolōs | corneolās | corneola | |
| Ablative | corneolō | corneolā | corneolō | corneolīs | |||
| Vocative | corneole | corneola | corneolum | corneolī | corneolae | corneola | |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: corniol
References[edit]
- “corneolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “corneolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- corneolus 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)
- corneolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.