morticinus
Latin
Etymology
From mortuus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mor.tiˈkiː.nus/, [mɔrt̪ɪˈkiːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mor.tiˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [mort̪iˈt͡ʃiːnus]
Adjective
morticīnus (feminine morticīna, neuter morticīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of an animal) dead (that has died naturally); (relational) carrion
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | morticīnus | morticīna | morticīnum | morticīnī | morticīnae | morticīna | |
| Genitive | morticīnī | morticīnae | morticīnī | morticīnōrum | morticīnārum | morticīnōrum | |
| Dative | morticīnō | morticīnō | morticīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | morticīnum | morticīnam | morticīnum | morticīnōs | morticīnās | morticīna | |
| Ablative | morticīnō | morticīnā | morticīnō | morticīnīs | |||
| Vocative | morticīne | morticīna | morticīnum | morticīnī | morticīnae | morticīna | |
Descendants
- Aromanian: murtãciuni, murtutsinã
- Catalan: mortina
- Italian: morticino
- Portuguese: mortezinho
- Romanian: mortăciune
- Spanish: mortecino, mortecina
References
- “morticinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- morticinus 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)
- morticinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette