agina
Latin
Etymology
From agō (“I do, act”).
Noun
agīna f (genitive agīnae); first declension
- The opening of the upper part of a balance, in which the tongue moves
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | agīna | agīnae |
Genitive | agīnae | agīnārum |
Dative | agīnae | agīnīs |
Accusative | agīnam | agīnās |
Ablative | agīnā | agīnīs |
Vocative | agīna | agīnae |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Central Italian: aina
- Old Italian: aina, agina
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Portuguese: asinha, aginha
- Galician: axiña
- Portuguese: aginha (Trasmontano)
- Old Spanish: aína (dated)
- Old Portuguese: asinha, aginha
References
- “agina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- agina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- agina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- https://www.rew-online.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/?id_entry=35619