lumbus
Latin
Etymology
Possibly through Osco-Umbrian (as the expected Latin form would be *lundus), from Proto-Italic *lonðwos, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“to enter, penetrate, expand”).[1] Cognate with Old English lynd (“fat, grease”), lendenu (“loins”), Sanskrit रन्ध्र (rándhra). More at dialectal lend.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlum.bus/, [ˈɫʊm.bʊs]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lumbus | lumbī |
| Genitive | lumbī | lumbōrum |
| Dative | lumbō | lumbīs |
| Accusative | lumbum | lumbōs |
| Ablative | lumbō | lumbīs |
| Vocative | lumbe | lumbī |
Descendants
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 352
Further reading
- lumbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lumbus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lumbus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- lumbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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