sappinus
Latin
Etymology
From a combination of Gaulish *sappos (“fir tree”) and pīnus (“pine tree”). The Gaulish word is from Proto-Celtic *sakʷos (“fir”), related to Welsh sybwydd (“fir”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos, related to Lithuanian sakai (“resin”), Latvian sweki (“resin”), and Proto-Slavic *sokъ (“juice, resin”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sapˈpiː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sapˈpiː.nus]
Noun
sappīnus f (genitive sappīnī); second declension
- A type of fir.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sappīnus | sappīnī |
| genitive | sappīnī | sappīnōrum |
| dative | sappīnō | sappīnīs |
| accusative | sappīnum | sappīnōs |
| ablative | sappīnō | sappīnīs |
| vocative | sappīne | sappīnī |
Descendants
- Catalan: sapí
- French: sapin
- Italian: zappino
- Piedmontese: sap, sapin
- Sardinian: opinu, obinu
- → Arabic: شَبِّين (šabbīn)
References
- "sappinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- University of Chicago Press (1918): Modern Philology, Volume 15