soricinus
Latin
Etymology
From sōrex (“shrew-mouse”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /soː.riˈkiː.nus/, [soː.rɪˈkiː.nʊs]
Adjective
sōricīnus (feminine sōricīna, neuter sōricīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax legomenon) (relational) shrew
- c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 4.8.47–49, (The meaning of 'sōricīna nēnia'―literally 'shrew ditty'―is obscure):
- Sī tibi est machaera, at nōbīs veruīna est domī
quă quidem tē faciam, sī tū mē inrītāverīs,
cōnfossiōrem sōricīnā nēniā.- If you've got a sword, we've got a javelin at home,
with which I'll make you, if you annoy me,
more pierced through than a shrew ditty.
- If you've got a sword, we've got a javelin at home,
- Sī tibi est machaera, at nōbīs veruīna est domī
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sōricīnus | sōricīna | sōricīnum | sōricīnī | sōricīnae | sōricīna | |
| Genitive | sōricīnī | sōricīnae | sōricīnī | sōricīnōrum | sōricīnārum | sōricīnōrum | |
| Dative | sōricīnō | sōricīnō | sōricīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | sōricīnum | sōricīnam | sōricīnum | sōricīnōs | sōricīnās | sōricīna | |
| Ablative | sōricīnō | sōricīnā | sōricīnō | sōricīnīs | |||
| Vocative | sōricīne | sōricīna | sōricīnum | sōricīnī | sōricīnae | sōricīna | |
References
- soricinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- soricinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette