lapicidinae

Latin

Alternative forms

• lapidicīna (per metathesin)
• lapicaedīnae

Etymology

lapicīda (“quarryman”) +‎ -īna (workplace-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /la.pi.kiːˈdiː.nae̯/, [ɫ̪äpɪkiːˈd̪iːnäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.pi.t͡ʃiˈdi.ne/, [läpit͡ʃiˈd̪iːne]

Noun

lapicīdīnae f pl (genitive lapicīdīnārum); first declension

1. stone quarries

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	lapicīdīnae
Genitive	lapicīdīnārum
Dative	lapicīdīnīs
Accusative	lapicīdīnās
Ablative	lapicīdīnīs
Vocative	lapicīdīnae

Derived terms

• lapicīdīnārius

References

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