spinus

See also: Spinus

Latin

Etymology

From spīna.

Pronunciation

Noun

spīnus f (genitive spīnī or spīnūs); variously declined, second declension, fourth declension

  1. thorn-bush, black-thorn, sloe-tree

Declension

Second-declension noun or fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative spīnus spīnī
spīnūs
genitive spīnī
spīnūs
spīnōrum
spīnuum
dative spīnō
spīnuī
spīnīs
spīnibus
accusative spīnum spīnōs
spīnūs
ablative spīnō
spīnū
spīnīs
spīnibus
vocative spīne
spīnus
spīnī
spīnūs

Descendants

See also spīna.

  • Balkano-Romance:
    • Aromanian: schin
    • Romanian: spin
  • Italo-Romance:
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  • spinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • spinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.