arundo

See also: Arundo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate source, like Ancient Greek ὀρόντιον (oróntion) and ἄρον (áron, “cuckoopint, arum”).

Noun

arundō f (genitive arundinis); third declension

  1. reed
  2. fishing rod
  3. shaft of an arrow

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arundō arundinēs
Genitive arundinis arundinum
Dative arundinī arundinibus
Accusative arundinem arundinēs
Ablative arundine arundinibus
Vocative arundō arundinēs

Descendants

References
  • arundo 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)
  • “arundo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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