astronomus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr

Proto-Hellenic *astḗr

Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr)

Proto-Indo-European *nem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *németi

Proto-Hellenic *némō

Ancient Greek νέμω (némō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek ἀστρονόμος (astronómos)bor.

Latin astronomus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστρονόμος (astronómos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [asˈtrɔ.nɔ.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [asˈtrɔː.no.mus]

Noun

astronomus m (genitive astronomī); second declension

1. an astronomer

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	astronomus	astronomī
genitive	astronomī	astronomōrum
dative	astronomō	astronomīs
accusative	astronomum	astronomōs
ablative	astronomō	astronomīs
vocative	astronome	astronomī

Related terms

• astronomia

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: astrònom
• French: astronome
• Galician: astrónomo
• Italian: astronomo
• Portuguese: astrónomo, astrônomo (Brazil)
• Romanian: astronom
• Sicilian: astrònumu
• Spanish: astrónomo
• → Albanian: astronom
• → Basque: astronomo
• → Czech: astronom
• → Dutch: astronoom
• →⇒ English: astronomer
• → Esperanto: astronomo
• → German: Astronom
• → Hungarian: asztronómus
• → Ido: astronomo
• → Kashubian: astronóm
• → Latvian: astronoms
• → Norwegian Bokmål: astronom
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: astronom
• → Polish: astronom
• → Romanian: astronom
• → Serbo-Croatian: astrònom
• → Slovak: astronóm
• → Swedish: astronom

References

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

Latvian

Noun

astronomus m

1. accusative plural of astronoms