quercinus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (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
[edit]quercī̆nus (feminine quercī̆na, neuter quercī̆num); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| 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
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- quercinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- quercinus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “quercinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press