serpentinus
Latin
Etymology
From serpēns (“serpent”) + -īnus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛr.pɛnˈtiː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ser.pen̪ˈt̪iː.nus]
Adjective
serpentīnus (feminine serpentīna, neuter serpentīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- serpentine; of or pertaining to a serpent or snake
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | serpentīnus | serpentīna | serpentīnum | serpentīnī | serpentīnae | serpentīna | |
genitive | serpentīnī | serpentīnae | serpentīnī | serpentīnōrum | serpentīnārum | serpentīnōrum | |
dative | serpentīnō | serpentīnae | serpentīnō | serpentīnīs | |||
accusative | serpentīnum | serpentīnam | serpentīnum | serpentīnōs | serpentīnās | serpentīna | |
ablative | serpentīnō | serpentīnā | serpentīnō | serpentīnīs | |||
vocative | serpentīne | serpentīna | serpentīnum | serpentīnī | serpentīnae | serpentīna |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: serpentine
- French: serpentin
- Italian: serpentino
- Portuguese: serpentino
- Spanish: serpentino
References
- “serpentinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- serpentinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.