carpasinus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰρπᾰ́σῐνος (karpásinos), from κᾰρπᾰ́σος (karpásos, “flax, Linum usitatissimum; cotton; white hellebore, Veratrum album”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈpa.si.nus/, [karˈpa.sɪ.nʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈpa.si.nus/, [karˈpaː.zi.nus]
Adjective
carpasinus (feminine carpasina, neuter carpasinum); first/second declension
- A word found in the Vulgate, and now generally thought to mean "cotton".
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | carpasinus | carpasina | carpasinum | carpasinī | carpasinae | carpasina | |
| Genitive | carpasinī | carpasinae | carpasinī | carpasinōrum | carpasinārum | carpasinōrum | |
| Dative | carpasinō | carpasinae | carpasinō | carpasinīs | carpasinīs | carpasinīs | |
| Accusative | carpasinum | carpasinam | carpasinum | carpasinōs | carpasinās | carpasina | |
| Ablative | carpasinō | carpasinā | carpasinō | carpasinīs | carpasinīs | carpasinīs | |
| Vocative | carpasine | carpasina | carpasinum | carpasinī | carpasinae | carpasina | |