plinthus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos, “brick”); possibly from earlier Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈplɪn.tʰʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplin̪.t̪us]
Noun
plinthus m or f (genitive plinthī); second declension
- (architecture) plinth
- (surveying) a hundred-acre plot of land
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | plinthus | plinthī |
| genitive | plinthī | plinthōrum |
| dative | plinthō | plinthīs |
| accusative | plinthum | plinthōs |
| ablative | plinthō | plinthīs |
| vocative | plinthe | plinthī |
Descendants
- Italian: plinto
- Middle French: plinte
- Portuguese: plinto
- → Russian: пли́нтус (plíntus)
- → Ukrainian: плі́нтус (plíntus)
- Spanish: plinto
References
- “plinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- plinthus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “plinthus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin