mastichinus
Latin
Etymology
Post-Classical, borrowed from Ancient Greek μαστίχινος (mastíkhinos), or from mastichē, from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /masˈti.kʰi.nus/, [masˈtɪ.kʰɪ.nʊs]
Adjective
mastichinus (feminine mastichina, neuter mastichinum); first/second declension
- of or belonging to the mastic tree
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mastichinus | mastichina | mastichinum | mastichinī | mastichinae | mastichina | |
| Genitive | mastichinī | mastichinae | mastichinī | mastichinōrum | mastichinārum | mastichinōrum | |
| Dative | mastichinō | mastichinae | mastichinō | mastichinīs | mastichinīs | mastichinīs | |
| Accusative | mastichinum | mastichinam | mastichinum | mastichinōs | mastichinās | mastichina | |
| Ablative | mastichinō | mastichinā | mastichinō | mastichinīs | mastichinīs | mastichinīs | |
| Vocative | mastichine | mastichina | mastichinum | mastichinī | mastichinae | mastichina | |
Related terms
- mastichē
Descendants
- Albanian: mështekër (“birch”)
- Aromanian: misteacãn (“birch”)
- Romanian: mesteacăn (“birch”)
- Sicilian: mastigona (“piney thistle”)
Sardinian lustinchinu < Lentiscus is formed analogically after mastichinus <Greek μαστίχα - the same tree.
References
- mastichinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mastichinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette