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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/03/28 23:56 UTC 版)
In inherited words, from Proto-Italic *-trom, from Proto-Indo-European *-trom. In words borrowed from Greek (and possibly in some neologisms), from Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix), a cognate of the Latin ending. Ultimately from the same source as -culum, -crum, -bulum, -brum, which seem to have originated as contextual variants of a single suffix.
-trum n (genitive -trī, masculine -ter, feminine -tra); second declension
While Latin was a living language, this ending was less productive than the instrument noun suffix -culum (etymologically the same suffix). Weiss 2009, citing Serbat 1975, describes -trum as moribund and unproductive after the time of Augustus; Owens 2016, citing Mir 1984, likewise characterizes -trum as unproductive and "archaic even in the classical period". In native Latin formations, -trum generally can be found only in the following two circumstances:
The corresponding Ancient Greek ending -τρον (-tron) enjoyed a wider use, and some Greek words with this ending were adapted in ancient times as Latin words ending in -trum, such as scēptrum (from Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron)) and metrum (from Greek μέτρον (métron)).
In addition, -trum has occasionally been used to derive neologisms from Latin roots outside of the two conditions described above.
The suffix is typically neuter, but a feminine by-form -tra can be seen in the instrument noun mulctra (also mulctrum), possibly also in mollestra (but it is dubious whether this word contains this suffix). A masculine by-form -ter can be seen in the instrument noun culter (“knife”) and in arāter, a rare variant form of arātrum (“plough”).
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -trum | -tra |
| genitive | -trī | -trōrum |
| dative | -trō | -trīs |
| accusative | -trum | -tra |
| ablative | -trō | -trīs |
| vocative | -trum | -tra |
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/08/10 21:53 UTC 版)
Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *trum, or perhaps from theorized Proto-West Germanic *trum, from Proto-Germanic *trumaz, meaning "root". See Breeze 1993.
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