cornuarius

Latin

Etymology

From cornū (“horn”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kor.nuˈaː.ri.us/, [kɔrnuˈäːriʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kor.nuˈa.ri.us/, [kornuˈäːrius]

Noun

cornuārius m (genitive cornuāriī or cornuārī); second declension

  1. A maker of horns or trumpets.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cornuārius cornuāriī
Genitive cornuāriī
cornuārī1		 cornuāriōrum
Dative cornuāriō cornuāriīs
Accusative cornuārium cornuāriōs
Ablative cornuāriō cornuāriīs
Vocative cornuārie cornuāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • “cornuarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cornuarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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