schinus
See also: Schinus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σχῖνος (skhînos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskʰiː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskiː.nus]
Noun
schīnus f (genitive schīnī); second declension
- The mastic tree, also called lentiscus (Pistacia lentiscus)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | schīnus | schīnī |
| genitive | schīnī | schīnōrum |
| dative | schīnō | schīnīs |
| accusative | schīnum | schīnōs |
| ablative | schīnō | schīnīs |
| vocative | schīne | schīnī |
Descendants
- Translingual: Schinus
References
- “schinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "schinus", 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)
- schinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.