Noun: lignum
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | lignum |
| Plural | ligna |
Genitive
| Singular | lignī |
| Plural | lignōrum |
Dative
| Singular | lignō |
| Plural | lignīs |
Accusative
| Singular | lignum |
| Plural | ligna |
Ablative
| Singular | lignō |
| Plural | lignīs |
Vocative
| Singular | lignum |
| Plural | ligna |
Sample Sentences
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Et erit tamquam lignum transplantatum iuxta rivulos aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo. Et folium eius non defluet et omne quod fecerit prosperabitur (And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper (Douay-Rheims translation)) [c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Psalm.1.3]
Nouns inflected like lignum
palmētum,
miliardum,
rēctangulum,
bactērium,
frūctum,
melimēlum,
scītum,
scūtum,
lanthanum,
sertum,
sacrum,
pentaptōtum,
dēcrēmentum,
sorbum,
fundibulum,
alphabētum,
siglum,
signum,
flābrum,
nūtrīmentum, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Italic *legnom, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-m (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ- (“to collect”), with the Italic form interpreted as "wood collected for firemaking".
2. An alternative derivation from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), and associated interpretation as "stray wood", seems equally possible, phonetically and semantically.
Verbs referencing "lignum"
Italian Nouns
legno, English Nouns
lignin, Romanian Nouns
lemn, Spanish Nouns
leño, Galician Nouns
lignito, Irish Nouns
léana, Romanian Nouns
lemnamă, Old Spanish Nouns
lenno, Old Portuguese Nouns
lenho, Portuguese Nouns
lenho, English Nouns
lign-aloes.
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