carpinus

See also: Carpinus

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kar- (“hard”). See also Latin carina and cerrus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pi.nus/, [ˈkar.pɪ.nʊs]

Noun

carpinus m (genitive carpinī); second declension

Hornbeam; European hornbeam; a variety of deciduous tree.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	carpinus	carpinī
Genitive	carpinī	carpinōrum
Dative	carpinō	carpinīs
Accusative	carpinum	carpinōs
Ablative	carpinō	carpinīs
Vocative	carpine	carpinī

Descendants

Aragonese: carpin
Catalan: carpí
Franco-Provençal: charpena
French: charme
Istriot: carpano
Italian: carpino, carpine
Occitan: calpre
Portuguese: carpino

Romanian: carpen
Romansch: charpin
Sicilian: càrpinu
Spanish: carpe
Translingual: Carpinus
Venetian: càrpano, càrpane
Walloon: charne

References

carpinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
carpinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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