Sabinus

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps Sabus +‎ -īnus (but compare Oscan 𐌔𐌀𐌚𐌉𐌍𐌉𐌌 (safinim), pointing to Proto-Italic *saβ-īn-); further unknown. The name is said to mean “of one's own”, from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰ-, *swebʰ- (“one's own”) (compare the reflexive pronoun *swé, dative *s(w)ebʰi(o), whence Latin sibi)^[1] with the attributive suffix *-iHnos, but the /a/ phoneme and uncertainties about the root render this suspect. Compare also the Germanic tribe name Suēbī.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [saˈbiː.nʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [saˈbiː.nus]

Adjective

Sabīnus (feminine Sabīna, neuter Sabīnum); first/second-declension adjective

Sabine

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	Sabīnus	Sabīna	Sabīnum	Sabīnī	Sabīnae	Sabīna
genitive	Sabīnī	Sabīnae	Sabīnī	Sabīnōrum	Sabīnārum	Sabīnōrum
dative	Sabīnō	Sabīnae	Sabīnō	Sabīnīs
accusative	Sabīnum	Sabīnam	Sabīnum	Sabīnōs	Sabīnās	Sabīna
ablative	Sabīnō	Sabīnā	Sabīnō	Sabīnīs
vocative	Sabīne	Sabīna	Sabīnum	Sabīnī	Sabīnae	Sabīna

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: Sabine (learned)

Proper noun

Sabīnus m sg (genitive Sabīnī); second declension

A Latin cognomen (final name) of ancient Roman family, particularly a branch of the gens Tituria.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sabīnus
genitive	Sabīnī
dative	Sabīnō
accusative	Sabīnum
ablative	Sabīnō
vocative	Sabīne

References

^ Shipley, The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

[1] Shipley, The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots

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