quercinus

Latin

Etymology

From quercus (“oak”) +‎ -īnus. Alternatively, a formation in -ǐnus: compare the plant name fraxinus^[1] and other adjectives derived from plant names, such as laurinus^[2] or fāginus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷerˈkiː.nus/, [kʷɛrˈkiːnʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /ˈkʷer.ki.nus/, [ˈkʷɛrkɪnʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kwerˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [kwerˈt͡ʃiːnus] or IPA^(key): /ˈkwer.t͡ʃi.nus/, [ˈkwɛrt͡ʃinus]
Reference works differ on the length of the vowel in the second syllable.

Adjective

quercī̆nus (feminine quercī̆na, neuter quercī̆num); first/second-declension adjective

oaken

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	quercī̆nus	quercī̆na	quercī̆num	quercī̆nī	quercī̆nae	quercī̆na
genitive	quercī̆nī	quercī̆nae	quercī̆nī	quercī̆nōrum	quercī̆nārum	quercī̆nōrum
dative	quercī̆nō	quercī̆nae	quercī̆nō	quercī̆nīs
accusative	quercī̆num	quercī̆nam	quercī̆num	quercī̆nōs	quercī̆nās	quercī̆na
ablative	quercī̆nō	quercī̆nā	quercī̆nō	quercī̆nīs
vocative	quercī̆ne	quercī̆na	quercī̆num	quercī̆nī	quercī̆nae	quercī̆na

Related terms

References

^ Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 25
^ Magni, Elisabetta (2017) “Suffix borrowing and conflict through Latin-Greek hybrid formations”, in Pallas‎^[1], volume 103, pages 289-292