caenum

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain[1] – usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷeyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). According to Pokorny, cognate with inquinō, obscēnus, cūniō and English whin.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.num/, [ˈkäe̯nʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.num/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːnum]

Noun

caenum n (genitive caenī); second declension

dirt, filth, mud, mire

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caenum	caena
Genitive	caenī	caenōrum
Dative	caenō	caenīs
Accusative	caenum	caena
Ablative	caenō	caenīs
Vocative	caenum	caena

Derived terms

Descendants

Portuguese: ceno
Spanish: cieno
⇒ Vulgar Latin: *caenica
- Spanish: ciénega, ciénaga

References

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

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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