collinus
Latin
Etymology
From collis (“hill”) + -īnus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kolˈliː.nus/, [kɔlˈliː.nʊs]
Adjective
collīnus (feminine collīna, neuter collīnum); first/second declension
- Of a hill; growing on a hill.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | collīnus | collīna | collīnum | collīnī | collīnae | collīna | |
| Genitive | collīnī | collīnae | collīnī | collīnōrum | collīnārum | collīnōrum | |
| Dative | collīnō | collīnō | collīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | collīnum | collīnam | collīnum | collīnōs | collīnās | collīna | |
| Ablative | collīnō | collīnā | collīnō | collīnīs | |||
| Vocative | collīne | collīna | collīnum | collīnī | collīnae | collīna | |
Related terms
- collis
Descendants
- Friulian: culine
- Italian: collina
- → French: colline
- Portuguese: colina
- Romanian: colină
- Romansh: collina
- Sicilian: cullina
- Spanish: colina
- Venetian: cołina
References
- collinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- collinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette