pampinus

Latin

Etymology

Pokorny suggests a derivation from a Proto-Indo-European root common with Lithuanian pampti (to swell up), Lithuanian pùmpa (knob) and Latvian pumpe (bump).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

pampinus m or f (genitive pampinī); second declension

  1. foliage of a vine, vine-shoot, vine leaf
  2. (by extension, of any plant) tendril; shoot

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pampinus pampinī
genitive pampinī pampinōrum
dative pampinō pampinīs
accusative pampinum pampinōs
ablative pampinō pampinīs
vocative pampine pampinī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: pàmpol
  • French: pampre
  • Galician: pampo
  • Italian: pampino, pampano
  • Portuguese: pâmpano
  • Sicilian: pàmpina
  • Spanish: pámpano

References

  • pampinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pampinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pampinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “baˣmb-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 94-95