laurus
See also: Laurus
Latin
Alternative forms
- daurus (laurel)
Etymology
From Old Latin dacrus. Related to Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”), whence also the given name Δάφνη (Dáphnē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlau̯.rus/, [ˈɫ̪äu̯rʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlau̯.rus/, [ˈläːu̯rus]
Noun
laurus f (genitive laurī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | laurus | laurī |
| Genitive | laurī | laurōrum |
| Dative | laurō | laurīs |
| Accusative | laurum | laurōs |
| Ablative | laurō | laurīs |
| Vocative | laure | laurī |
Derived terms
- *laurārius
- laurētum
- laureus
- lauricomus
- laurifer
- lauriger
- laurīnus
- lauripotēns
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: laur
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- → Albanian: lar
- → Old Irish:
- Manx: laurys
- Scottish Gaelic: labhrais
- → Proto-Brythonic:
- Welsh: llawryf
- →⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *laurubaʀi (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted borrowings:
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 598: “l'alloro” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “laurus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 208
Further reading
- “laurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “laurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- laurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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