terebinthus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τερέβινθος (terébinthos), variant of τέρμινθος (términthos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛ.rɛˈbɪn.tʰʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪e.reˈbin̪.t̪us]
Noun
terebinthus m (genitive terebinthī); second declension
- terebinth (turpentine) tree
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | terebinthus | terebinthī |
| genitive | terebinthī | terebinthōrum |
| dative | terebinthō | terebinthīs |
| accusative | terebinthum | terebinthōs |
| ablative | terebinthō | terebinthīs |
| vocative | terebinthe | terebinthī |
Descendants
- Catalan: terebint
- ⇒ Old French: terbentine, turbentine (fom τερεβίνθινος (terebínthinos), with -ινος (-inos))
- French: terbentine, terebentine, terebinthine, térébenthine
- → Middle English: terebentyne, terbentyne, turbentine
- English: turpentine
- Galician: terebinto
- → German: Terpentin
- Italian: terebinto
- Portuguese: terebinto
- Spanish: terebinto
References
- “terebinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “terebinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- terebinthus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.