cornum

Latin

Etymology 1

Either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-m, cognate with Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”), or a by-form of the synonym cornū from the same root.

Noun

cornum n (genitive cornī); second declension

1. horn (all senses)
2. hoof
3. beak, tusk, claw

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	cornum	corna
genitive	cornī	cornōrum
dative	cornō	cornīs
accusative	cornum	corna
ablative	cornō	cornīs
vocative	cornum	corna

Etymology 2

Neuter fruit name from the same root as the tree name cornus (“cornel”).

Noun

cornum n (genitive cornī); second declension

1. cornel cherry, cornelian cherry

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	cornum	corna
genitive	cornī	cornōrum
dative	cornō	cornīs
accusative	cornum	corna
ablative	cornō	cornīs
vocative	cornum	corna

Etymology 3

Noun

cornum

1. accusative singular of cornus

References

• “cornum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cornum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "cornum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “cornum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Noun

cornum

1. dative plural of corn