salignus

See also: Salignus

Latin

Etymology

From salix, salic- (“willow”) +‎ -nus. Compare larignus and īlignus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

salignus (feminine saligna, neuter salignum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) willow
   • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.109–111:

     Invitent croceis [apes] halantes floribus horti
     Et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna
     Hellespontiaci servet tutela Priapi.

     May gardens bright, fragrant with flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	salignus	saligna	salignum		salignī	salignae	saligna
genitive	salignī	salignae	salignī		salignōrum	salignārum	salignōrum
dative	salignō	salignae	salignō		salignīs
accusative	salignum	salignam	salignum		salignōs	salignās	saligna
ablative	salignō	salignā	salignō		salignīs
vocative	saligne	saligna	salignum		salignī	salignae	saligna

Descendants

• → Translingual: Salignus

References

• “salignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “salignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “salignus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.