covinnus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • covīnus

Etymology

From a Celtic language; compare Welsh cywain (“bear, convey”).

Noun

covinnus m (genitive covinnī); second declension

  1. A war chariot of the Britons and Belgae

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative covinnus covinnī
genitive covinnī covinnōrum
dative covinnō covinnīs
accusative covinnum covinnōs
ablative covinnō covinnīs
vocative covinne covinnī

Further reading

  • “covinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • covinnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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