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==English==

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# A [[perennial]] shrub, {{taxlink|Duma florulenta|species}}, native to semiarid areas of inland Australia.
# Land covered by lignum.
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1992|author=Bob Magor|title=Blood on the Board|page=10|passage=The assembled in the '''lignum''' / Where the Boss said pigs were thick.}}

===See also===
{{col2|en|lignum nephriticum|lignum rhodium|lignum vitae}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=gilmnu|muling}}

==Latin==
==Latin==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|la|itc-pro|*legnom}}, from {{inh|la|ine-pro||*leǵ-no-m|that which is collected}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*leǵ-|t=to collect}}, with the Italic form interpreted as "wood collected for firemaking".

An alternative derivation from {{der|la|ine-pro|*legʰ-|t=to lie}}, and associated interpretation as "stray wood", seems equally possible, phonetically and semantically.<ref>{{R:itc:EDL|pages=340-1}}</ref>


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈliːg.nʊm/}}
* {{la-IPA}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{la-noun|lignum<2>}}
'''līgnum''' (''genitive'' '''[[līgnī]]'''); {{n}}, ''[[Wiktionary Appendix:Latin second declension|second declension]]''

# [[firewood]]
# {{lb|la|later Latin}} [[wood]] tissue
# [[tree]]
#* {{Q|la|Jerome|Vulgate|Psalm|1|3|quote=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|trans=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)}}

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|lignum<2>}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|la|lignārius
|lignāmen
|ligneus
|lignor
|lignōsus
|lignātiō
|lignātor
|ligneolus
}}


====Descendants====
# [[firewood|Firewood]]
Several forms inherited from the plural ''ligna'', reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun.
# (''later Latin''): [[wood]] tissue
{{top3}}
* Balkan Romance:
** {{desc|rup|lemnu|lem}}
** {{desc|ruo|lĕmnĕ}}
** {{desc|ruq|lemnu|lemu}}
** {{desc|ro|lemn}}
* Dalmatian:
** {{desc|dlm|lanc|nolb=1}}
* Italo-Romance:
** {{desc|co|legnu|legna|lenghju}}
** {{desc|it|legno|legna}}
** {{desc|nap|ligno|liuno|livuno|leuno}}
** {{desc|scn|lignu|ligna}}
* Rhaeto-Romance:
** {{desc|fur|len}}
** {{desc|ist|lìgno|lìgna}}
** {{desc|lld|lën|legn|lënia|legna}}
** {{desc|rm|lain|laina|lenn|len}}
* Venetan:
** {{desc|vec|łegno|łen|łégna}}
* Gallo-Romance:
** {{desc|egl|laggna}}
** {{desc|lij|légno}}
** {{desc|lmo|légn|légna}}
** {{desc|pms|lëgna}}
** {{desc|rgn|lègn|lègna}}
** {{desc|fro|legne|laigne|ligne}}
** {{desc|pcd|laigne|laingne}}
** {{desc|wa|legn}}
* Occitano-Romance:
** {{desc|roa-oca|lenya}}
*** {{desc|ca|llenya}}
** {{desc|pro|lenh|lenha}}
*** {{desc|oc|lenha}}
* Ibero-Romance:
** {{desc|an|lenya}}
** {{desc|ast|lleña|lleiña|ḷḷeiña|ḷḷeña|ḷḷeñe|lleñe|lleñi|cheña|yeñi|yeña}}
** {{desc|mwl|lheinha}}
** {{desctree|roa-opt|lenha}}
** {{desctree|roa-opt|lenho}}
** {{desc|es|leño|leña}}
* Insular Romance:
** {{desc|sc|linna}}
* Borrowings:
** {{desc|eo|ligno|bor=1}}
** {{desc|cy|llwyn|bor=1}}
{{bottom}}


===Related terms===
===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
*[[lignarius]]
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
*[[ligneolus]]
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
<references />


{{C|la|Fire|Materials}}
[[fr:lignum]]
[[zh:lignum]]

Latest revision as of 20:17, 15 October 2024

English

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Noun

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lignum (countable and uncountable, plural lignums)

  1. A perennial shrub, Duma florulenta, native to semiarid areas of inland Australia.
  2. Land covered by lignum.
    • 1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 10:
      The assembled in the lignum / Where the Boss said pigs were thick.

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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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".

An alternative derivation from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”), and associated interpretation as "stray wood", seems equally possible, phonetically and semantically.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lignum n (genitive lignī); second declension

  1. firewood
  2. (later Latin) wood tissue
  3. tree
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Psalm.1.3:
      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)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lignum ligna
Genitive lignī lignōrum
Dative lignō lignīs
Accusative lignum ligna
Ablative lignō lignīs
Vocative lignum ligna

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Several forms inherited from the plural ligna, reinterpreted as a feminine singular noun.

References

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  • “lignum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lignum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lignum 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)
  • lignum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 340-1
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