veruとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-Italic *gʷeru (“spit”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéru.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈwɛ.ruː], [ˈwɛ.rʊ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈvɛː.ru]

名詞

verū̆ n (genitive verūs or verū); fourth declension

1. spit, broach (especially for roasting)
2. dart, javelin
3. (in the plural) paling or railing around an altar or tomb
4. a critical sign on the margin of a book, obelus

語形変化

Fourth-declension noun (neuter).

The length of the final vowel is uncertain in the nominative/accusative/vocative singular; Martianus Capella considers it to end with -ū, while Servius considers it to end with -ŭ.
According to Martianus Capella.
According to Servius.
According to both.

派生語

• verūtum (“short throwing spear”)
• veruīna (“spit”)
• vericulum (“small pointed rod”)

派生した語

• ⇒ Italian: verretta (diminutive), viera, ghiera (crossed with Lombardic ger)

参照

• “veru”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “veru”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.