diurnum
Latin
Etymology
Substantivization of diurnus (“day”, relational adjective). Documented from the fourth century AD.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈur.num/, [d̪iˈʊrnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈur.num/, [d̪iˈurnum]
Noun
diurnum n (genitive diurnī); second declension (Late Latin)
- day (specifically the time when the sun is up)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | diurnum | diurna |
Genitive | diurnī | diurnōrum |
Dative | diurnō | diurnīs |
Accusative | diurnum | diurna |
Ablative | diurnō | diurnīs |
Vocative | diurnum | diurna |
Descendants
Adjective
diurnum
- inflection of diurnus:
- masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
References
- diurnum 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)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “diurnum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 105
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