corneolus

English

Noun

corneolus (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) horn
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      These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From corneus (“horny”) +‎ -olus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

corneolus (feminine corneola, neuter corneolum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Like or composed of horn, horny.
  2. (figuratively) Hard, firm.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative corneolus corneola corneolum corneolī corneolae corneola
Genitive corneolī corneolae corneolī corneolōrum corneolārum corneolōrum
Dative corneolō corneolō corneolīs
Accusative corneolum corneolam corneolum corneolōs corneolās corneola
Ablative corneolō corneolā corneolō corneolīs
Vocative corneole corneola corneolum corneolī corneolae corneola

Descendants
  • → Catalan: corniol

References
  • “corneolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “corneolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • corneolus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • corneolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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