abissinus
Latin
Alternative forms
- abyssīnus
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الحَبَشِيّ (al-ḥabašiyy, “Ethiopian”), in the 8th century.
Pronunciation
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.bisˈsiː.nus]
Adjective
abissīnus (feminine abissīna, neuter abissīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin) Abyssinian, Ethiopian
- Synonym: aethiopicus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | abissīnus | abissīna | abissīnum | abissīnī | abissīnae | abissīna | |
| genitive | abissīnī | abissīnae | abissīnī | abissīnōrum | abissīnārum | abissīnōrum | |
| dative | abissīnō | abissīnae | abissīnō | abissīnīs | |||
| accusative | abissīnum | abissīnam | abissīnum | abissīnōs | abissīnās | abissīna | |
| ablative | abissīnō | abissīnā | abissīnō | abissīnīs | |||
| vocative | abissīne | abissīna | abissīnum | abissīnī | abissīnae | abissīna | |