laurus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, feminine) laurel tree
2. (declension-2, feminine, metonymically) laurels; a crown of laurel

Concepts

laurel

victory

bay tree

success

triumph

😤

the laurel

victories

hit

win

sig

Pyrrhic victory

Synonyms

victoria

Translations

νίκη

vittoria

victoria

victoire

vitória

Sieg

Lorbeerbaum

يفوز

laurier

Lorbeer

succès

triomphe

😤

δάφνη

réussite

Treffer

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɫau̯.rʊs]

Etymology

From Old Latin dacrus.
Related to Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”), and likely borrowed there from an Aegean or Anatolian language. Together with the rare variation δαυχμός (daukhmós) and the name δαῦκος (daûkos), used for some umbelliferous plants, Beekes derives δάφνη (dáphnē) from *dakʷ-(n-). It is possibly related to Latin lacrima, dacrima and Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru, “tear, resin”), themselves from *dáḱru- and this from the compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (eye-bitter), due to its poignancy as firewood, or its gummy sap. Traditionally, δαῦκος has been connected with δαίω (daíō, “to kindle, burn”).