felineus

Latin

Etymology

From fēlīnus +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /feːˈliː.ne.us/, [feːˈlʲiːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈli.ne.us/, [feˈliːneus]

Adjective

fēlīneus (feminine fēlīnea, neuter fēlīneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. feline; of or pertaining to a cat
   • 350—400, Servius, Commentary on the Georgics of Vergil, Liber III, 82:

     GLAUCI autem sunt felineis oculis, id est quodam splendore perfusis.

     GLEAMING, however, are the feline eyes, that is in a sense, drenched in brilliance.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fēlīneus	fēlīnea	fēlīneum		fēlīneī	fēlīneae	fēlīnea
genitive	fēlīneī	fēlīneae	fēlīneī		fēlīneōrum	fēlīneārum	fēlīneōrum
dative	fēlīneō	fēlīneae	fēlīneō		fēlīneīs
accusative	fēlīneum	fēlīneam	fēlīneum		fēlīneōs	fēlīneās	fēlīnea
ablative	fēlīneō	fēlīneā	fēlīneō		fēlīneīs
vocative	fēlīnee	fēlīnea	fēlīneum		fēlīneī	fēlīneae	fēlīnea

Related terms

• fēlēs

References

• “felineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• felineus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.