ilignus

Latin

Etymology

From īlex, īlic- +‎ -nus. Compare larignus and salignus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [iːˈlɪŋ.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iˈliɲ.ɲus]

Adjective

īlignus (feminine īligna, neuter īlignum); first/second-declension adjective

1. oaken, of holm oak
   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 3.327–330:

     Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,
     Et cantu quaerulae rumpent arbusta cicadae,
     Ad puteos aut alta greges ad stagna jubebo
     currentem ilignis potare canalibus undam;
     […]

     • Translation by James B. Greenough, 1900

       When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought,
       And shrill cicalas pierce the brake with song,
       Then at the well-springs bid them, or deep pools,
       From troughs of holm-oak quaff the running wave:
       […]

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	īlignus	īligna	īlignum		īlignī	īlignae	īligna
genitive	īlignī	īlignae	īlignī		īlignōrum	īlignārum	īlignōrum
dative	īlignō	īlignae	īlignō		īlignīs
accusative	īlignum	īlignam	īlignum		īlignōs	īlignās	īligna
ablative	īlignō	īlignā	īlignō		īlignīs
vocative	īligne	īligna	īlignum		īlignī	īlignae	īligna

References

• “ilignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ilignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers