opulus

Latin

Etymology

From Gaulish *opolos (maple), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ok̂u̯-olo-, from *h₂eḱ- (sharp).[1][2] Compare Proto-Celtic *oketā (harrow), Cornish eythin (gorse).

Pronunciation

Noun

opulus f (genitive opulī); second declension

  1. A kind of maple tree.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative opulus opulī
Genitive opulī opulōrum
Dative opulō opulīs
Accusative opulum opulōs
Ablative opulō opulīs
Vocative opule opulī

References

  • opulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • opulus 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)
  • opulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 63, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 63
  2. Marstrander, Corr. Gmc.-celt. 18
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