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crabro

crabro

Latin

Noun

crābrō m ‎(genitive crābrōnis); third declension

  1. hornet

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative crābrō crābrōnēs
genitive crābrōnis crābrōnum
dative crābrōnī crābrōnibus
accusative crābrōnem crābrōnēs
ablative crābrōne crābrōnibus
vocative crābrō crābrōnēs

Descendants

  • Italian: calabrone
  • Portuguese: cambrão
  • Venetian: graón, gravarón, graùgn

References

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *krāzrō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- ‎(“hornet”). Cognate with Old High German hornaz, hornuz, horniz ‎(“hornet”), Old English hurnitu, hyrnetu ‎(“hornet”). More at hornet.

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