linteus
Latin
Etymology
Can't be from līnum (“linen”) due to short /i/ and /t/. Suggests the existence of a noun *linto- from Old Latin *lintum or derived on an earlier stage, e. g. from Proto-Italic *linto-. Ultimately a probable borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlin.te.us/, [ˈlɪn.te.ʊs]
Adjective
linteus (feminine lintea, neuter linteum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) linen
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | linteus | lintea | linteum | linteī | linteae | lintea | |
| Genitive | linteī | linteae | linteī | linteōrum | linteārum | linteōrum | |
| Dative | linteō | linteō | linteīs | ||||
| Accusative | linteum | linteam | linteum | linteōs | linteās | lintea | |
| Ablative | linteō | linteā | linteō | linteīs | |||
| Vocative | lintee | lintea | linteum | linteī | linteae | lintea | |
Derived terms
- linteum
References
- linteus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- linteus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- linteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette