schinus
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See also: Schinus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σχῖνος (skhînos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskʰiː.nus/, [ˈs̠kʰiːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈski.nus/, [ˈskiːnus]
Noun
[edit]schīnus f (genitive schīnī); second declension
- The mastic tree, also called lentiscus (Pistacia lentiscus)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | schīnus | schīnī |
Genitive | schīnī | schīnōrum |
Dative | schīnō | schīnīs |
Accusative | schīnum | schīnōs |
Ablative | schīnō | schīnīs |
Vocative | schīne | schīnī |
Descendants
[edit]- Translingual: Schinus
References
[edit]- “schinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- schinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- schinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.