clunis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *klounis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlównis. Cognate with Lithuanian šlaunis, Sanskrit श्रोणि (śróṇi).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

clūnis m or f (genitive clūnis); third declension

  1. (anatomy) rump, buttocks
    • c. 35 BCE, Horace, Satires (book 1) 2.86:
      Rēgibus hic mōs est, ubi equōs mercantur: opertōs īnspiciunt, nē sī faciēs, ut saepe, decora mollī fulta pede est, ēmptōrem indūcat hiantem, quod pulcrae clūnēs, breve quod caput, ardua cervīx
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

More common in the plural form.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative clūnis clūnēs
genitive clūnis clūnium
dative clūnī clūnibus
accusative clūnem clūnēs
clūnīs
ablative clūne clūnibus
vocative clūnis clūnēs

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • clūnālis
  • clūnicula

Descendants

  • Old Spanish: llun
  • Walloon: clon
  • → Italian: clune

References

  • “clunis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “clunis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "clunis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “clunis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “clūnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 123
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