spinus

spinus

See also: Spinus

Latin

Etymology

From spīna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.nus/, [ˈspiː.nʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.nus/, [ˈspiː.nus]

Noun

spīnus f (variously declined, genitive spīnī or spīnūs); second declension, fourth declension

1. thorn-bush, black-thorn, sloe-tree

Declension

Second declension. Case Singular Plural Nominative spīnus spīnī Genitive spīnī spīnōrum Dative spīnō spīnīs Accusative spīnum spīnōs Ablative spīnō spīnīs Vocative spīne spīnī

Fourth declension. Case Singular Plural Nominative spīnus spīnūs Genitive spīnūs spīnuum Dative spīnuī spīnibus Accusative spīnum spīnūs Ablative spīnū spīnibus Vocative spīnus spīnūs

Descendants

• Aromanian: schin
• Friulian: spin
• Galician: espiño
• Italian: spino
• Portuguese: espinho
• Provençal: espin
• Romanian: spin
• Spanish: espino

References

• spinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette