coffeinum

Latin

Alternative forms

• caffēīnum

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kofˈfeː.i.num/, [kɔfˈfeːɪnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kofˈfe.i.num/, [kofˈfɛːinum]

Noun

coffēinum n (genitive coffēinī); second declension

1. (New Latin) caffeine
   • 1828, Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis, de Cinchonino, Chinino Eorumque Salibus, Inprimis Sulphate Chinini, Pharmaceutica ac Therapeutica Ratione Consideratis, page 3:

     Ad hanc ultimam Alcaloideorum classem, amarorum scilicet non venenatorum, pertinent, praeter principum Angusturinum ex Cortice Angusturae, Gentianinum ex Radice Gentianae luteae, Coffeinum ex fabis Coffeae etc., Cinchoninum et Chininum, […]

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   • 1997, Niels F. Muller, Rudolf P. Dessing, editors, European Drug Index, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 284:

     Cofedon(Polfa) tbl: aminophenazonum 100mg, phenacetinum 150mg, coffeinum 50mg, luminalum 15mg (M01B, N02BB) (PL)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2001, Naše řeč, volume 84, number 1 (overall work in Czech), page 56:

     acidi acetylsalicylici 450 mg, coffeini 50 mg

     acetylsalicylic acid 450 mg, caffeine 50 mg

   • 2021 June 11, rozalinda (uploader), chapter 111111, in Scribd, contains some Latin and Albanian translations:

     Multa venēna ut coffēinum, opium, morphīnum sunt

     There are many poisons like caffeine, opium and morphine

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	coffēinum	coffēina
genitive	coffēinī	coffēinōrum
dative	coffēinō	coffēinīs
accusative	coffēinum	coffēina
ablative	coffēinō	coffēinīs
vocative	coffēinum	coffēina

Descendants

• → Dutch: coffeïne