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Definition of cornu copiae

cornu copiae
Cornucopia Cor`nu*co"pi*a (k[^o]r`n[-u]*k[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.; pl. Cornucopias (-[.a]z). [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty. See Horn, and Copious.] 1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance. 2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form. Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular, cornu copi[ae], and in the plural, cornua copi[ae].

Meaning of cornu copiae from wikipedia

- cornucopia (/ˌkɔːrnjəˈkoʊpiə, ˌkɔːrnə-, ˌkɔːrnu-, ˌkɔːrnju-/), from Latin cornu (horn) and copia (abundance), also called the horn of plenty, was a symbol...
- Cornu aspersum (syn. Helix aspersa, Cryptomphalus aspersus), known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae...
- of the poet Martial's Epigrammaton in the 1470s. A book on Martial, Cornu Copiae – part commentary, part dictionarywhich was completed by Perotti in...
- Philoponus, De dialectis Aldus Manutius Venice Found in the Thesaurus cornu copiae et horti Adonidis. 1497 Zenobius, Proverbia Benedetto Filologo Florence...
- words like arcus and artus. In the genitive singular, cornūs may in later times be replaced by cornū. The locative endings for the fourth declension are...
- numerum complectens (1700) Amaltheum botani****. stirpium indicarum alterum copiae cornu millenas ad minimum & bis centum diversas species novas & indictas nominatim...
- Magni, 1546. Eunapius, De vitis philosophorum, 1568, 1596. Eustathius, Copiae cornu sive Oce**** enarrationum Homericarum, 1558. Hesychius, De his qui eruditionis...