sappinus
Latin
Etymology
From a combination of Gaulish *sappos (“fir tree”) and pīnus (“pine tree”). The Gaulish word is from Proto-Celtic *sakʷos (“fir”), related to Welsh sybwydd (“fir”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos, related to Lithuanian sakai (“resin”), Latvian sweki (“resin”), and Proto-Slavic *sokъ (“juice, resin”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sapˈpiː.nus/, [s̠äpˈpiːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sapˈpi.nus/, [säpˈpiːnus]
Noun
sappīnus f (genitive sappīnī); second declension
- A type of fir.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sappīnus | sappīnī |
| Genitive | sappīnī | sappīnōrum |
| Dative | sappīnō | sappīnīs |
| Accusative | sappīnum | sappīnōs |
| Ablative | sappīnō | sappīnīs |
| Vocative | sappīne | sappīnī |
Descendants
- Catalan: sapí
- French: sapin
- Piedmontese: sap, sapin
- → Arabic: شَبِّين (šabbīn)
References
- sappinus 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)
- University of Chicago Press (1918): Modern Philology, Volume 15