hornus

Latin

Uncertain. Possibly from either:

Proto-Italic *hōrnos, from earlier *hojōrnos, from *ho- (“this”) +‎ *jōros (“year”) +‎ *-nos, medial element from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year”), compare hodiē, hodiernus, first part of the formation finds parallel in German heuer, but notably with the determiner declined, cognate with Latin hōra, English year;[1]
or perhaps, less likely, ho- +‎ vē̆rnus (“of spring”).

hōrnus (feminine hōrna, neuter hōrnum); first/second-declension adjective

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	hōrnus	hōrna	hōrnum	hōrnī	hōrnae	hōrna
Genitive	hōrnī	hōrnae	hōrnī	hōrnōrum	hōrnārum	hōrnōrum
Dative	hōrnō	hōrnae	hōrnō	hōrnīs
Accusative	hōrnum	hōrnam	hōrnum	hōrnōs	hōrnās	hōrna
Ablative	hōrnō	hōrnā	hōrnō	hōrnīs
Vocative	hōrne	hōrna	hōrnum	hōrnī	hōrnae	hōrna

“hornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“hornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 297

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hōrnos”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 289-290

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