-urnus
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
By reanalysis of diurnus (“of the day”), which is from obsolete nominative diūs + -nus. Probably first spread to nocturnus (“of the night”) analogically, then to other terms.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈur.nus/, [ˈʊrnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈur.nus/, [ˈurnus]
Suffix
-urnus (feminine -urna, neuter -urnum); first/second-declension suffix
- Enlargement of -nus (suffix forming adjectives).
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -urnus | -urna | -urnum | -urnī | -urnae | -urna | |
| Genitive | -urnī | -urnae | -urnī | -urnōrum | -urnārum | -urnōrum | |
| Dative | -urnō | -urnae | -urnō | -urnīs | |||
| Accusative | -urnum | -urnam | -urnum | -urnōs | -urnās | -urna | |
| Ablative | -urnō | -urnā | -urnō | -urnīs | |||
| Vocative | -urne | -urna | -urnum | -urnī | -urnae | -urna | |
Derived terms
References
- “-urnus” on page 2,107/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)