salignus

See also: Salignus

Latin

Etymology

From salix, salic- (“willow”) +‎ -nus. Compare larignus and īlignus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

salignus (feminine saligna, neuter salignum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) willow
    • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.109–111:
      Invitent croceis [apes] halantes floribus horti
      Et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna
      Hellespontiaci servet tutela Priapi.
      May gardens bright, fragrant with flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative salignus saligna salignum salignī salignae saligna
genitive salignī salignae salignī salignōrum salignārum salignōrum
dative salignō salignae salignō salignīs
accusative salignum salignam salignum salignōs salignās saligna
ablative salignō salignā salignō salignīs
vocative saligne saligna salignum salignī salignae saligna

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Salignus

References

  • “salignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “salignus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “salignus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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